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Vol.  5,  No.  3,  pp.  65-238,  PI.  9 


December  6,  1909 


KATO  TEXTS 


BY 


PLINY  EARLE  GODDARD 


BERKELEY 

THE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 


GIFT  OF 


UNIV.   CAL.    PUBL.  AM.   ARCH.   &.  ETH. 


VOL.   5,    PL.   9 


BILL   RAY,  THE   NARRATOR. 
(See  Introduction,  page  67) 


UNIVERSITY   OF   CALIFORNIA    PUBLICATIONS 

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AMERICAN   ARCHAEOLOGY  AND    ETHNOLOGY 
VOL.    5  NO.    3 


KATO   TEXTS 

BY 

PLINY  EARLE   GODDAED 


CONTENTS. 

INTRODUCTION    67 

Key  to  Sounds ! 69 

TEXTS. 
Myths  of  Origins. 

i.      The  Coming  of  the  Earth 71 

n.      Creation    77 

in.      The  Securing  of  Light  (First  Version) 96 

iv.      The  Securing  of  Light  (Second  Version) 101 

v.      The  Stealing  of  Fire 102 

vi.     Making  the  Valleys 105 

vii.      The  Placing  of  the  Animals 108 

vni.      The  Supernatural   Child 114 

ix.     Yellow-hammer's   Deeds 122 

Tales  of  Animals. 

x.     Wolf  Steals  Coyote's  Wife 133 

xi.      How  Coyote  and  Skunk  Killed  Elk 143 

XII.      Coyote  Eecovers  Kangaroo-rat's  Remains 144 

xm.      Coyote  and  the  Gambler 146 

xiv.      Coyote  Competes  with  Grey-squirrels  147 

xv.      Coyote  Tricks  the  Girls 147 

xvi.     Polecat  Robs  her  Grandmother 148 

xvn.      Grizzly  Woman  Kills  Doe 152 

xvm.      Turtle 's  Exploit 154 

xix.      How  Turtle  Escaped 154 

xx.     Gopher's  Revenge  155 

xxi.     Meadowlark's  Breast  157 

xxn.      Geese  Carry  off  Raven 158 

xxm.      The  Diving  Contest 159 

xxiv.      Treatment  of  the  Stranger  159 

Tales  of  the  Supernatural. 

xxv.      The  Great  Horned  Serpent 160 

xxvi.      The  Dancing  Elk 163 

xxvii.      Coyotes  Seen  Fishing  170 

xxvm.      Coyotes  Set  Fires  for  Grasshoppers 172 

xxix.      Water-people  and  the  Elk 174 


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xxx.      Rattlesnake  Husband  175 

xxxi.     Water-panther  177 

xxxii.      Milk-snake  among  the  Eels 178 

xxxin.      Stealing  the  Baby 179 

xxxiv.      The  Man  Eater  179 

xxxv.      Description  of  Man  Eater  180 

xxxvi.      A  Prayer  for  Eels  181 

xxxvu.      A  Supernatural  Experience 182 

TRANSLATIONS. 
Myths  of  Origins. 

i.      The  Coming  of  the  Earth 183 

n.     Creation    184 

in.      The  Securing  of  Light  (First  Version) 191 

iv.      The  Securing  of  Light  (Second  Version) 195 

v.      The  Stealing  of  Fire 195 

vi.      Making  the  Valleys 197 

vn.      The  Placing  of  the  Animals  199 

vm.      The  Supernatural  Child  201 

ix.      Yellow-hammer's  Deeds  205 

Tales  of  Animals. 

x.     Wolf  Steals  Coyote's  Wife 211 

xi.      Coyote  and  Skunk  Kill  Elk 217 

xii.      Coyote  Recovers  Kangaroo-rat's  Remains 217 

xin.      Coyote  and  the  Gambler : ...  218 

xiv.      Coyote  Competes  with  Grey-squirrels 219 

xv.     Coyote  Tricks  the  Girls -.  219 

xvi.     Polecat  Robs  her  Grandmother 219 

xvn.      Grizzly  Woman  Kills  Doe 221 

xvm.      Turtle's  Exploit  - 222 

xix.      How  Turtle  Escaped 223 

xx.      Gopher's  Revenge 223 

xxi.      Meadowlark's  Breast 224 

xxn.      Geese  Carry  off  Raven 224 

xxm.      The  Diving  Contest 225 

xxiv.      Treatment  of  the  Stranger 225 

Tales  of  the  Supernatural. 

xxv.      The  Great  Horned  Serpent..— 226 

xxvi.      The  Dancing  Elk  227 

xxvii.      Coyotes  Seen  Fishing 231 

xxvin.     Coyotes  Set  Fires  for  Grasshoppers 232 

xxix.      Water-people  and  the  Elk 233 

xxx.      Rattlesnake  Husband  234 

xxxi.     Water-panther  235 

xxxii.      Milk-snake  among  the  Eels 235 

xxxm.      Stealing  of  the  Baby  236 

xxxiv.      The  Man  Eater  236 

xxxv.      Description  of  the  Man  Eater  237 

xxxvi.      A  Prayer  for  Eels 237 

xxxvn.      A  Supernatural  Experience 237 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  67 


INTRODUCTION. 

Kato  is  a  Porno  word  meaning  lake.  The  word  in  another 
form,  Cahto,  has  been  vised  as  the  name  of  a  valley  and  former 
postoffice  and  stage  station  near  the  center  of  Mendocino  county, 
California.  Powers1  used  the  name  (improperly  coupled  with 
Porno)  for  the  inhabitants  of  this  valley.  As  here  used  it  also 
includes  all  other  Athapascans  on  the  upper  drainage  of  the 
South  fork  of  Eel  river  south  of  Blue  rock  on  the  overland  stage 
road  and  of  Red  mountain  on  the  western  and  main  tributary  of 
this  stream.2  Since  these  people  spoke  the  same  dialect  and  any 
political  grouping  of  their  villages  which  may  have  existed  has 
disappeared,  it  seems  unnecessary  to  continue  the  distinction 
made  by  Powers  between  Kai  and  Kato  Porno.  This  distinction 
seems  to  have  arisen  from  wrong  information  given  him  con 
cerning  the  language  spoken  in  this  region.  It  is  true  that  many 
of  the  people  are  nearly  bilingual,  but  their  proper  dialect  as 
given  in  the  following  texts  is  unmixed  Athapascan,  distinct  to 
a  considerable  degree  from  Wailaki. 

It  is  expected  that  some  account  of  their  culture  and  early 
treatment  by  Spanish  and  American  settlers  will  be  published 
in  the  future.  They  are  now  reduced  to  about  150  souls,  most 
of  whom  are  living  near  their  old  homes.  They  find  employment 
in  the  town  of  Laytonville  and  on  the  surrounding  farms.  They 
are  soon  to  be  placed  on  a  tract  of  land  purchased  for  them  by 
the  federal  government  in  Long  valley. 

Their  friendly  contact  with  their  Porno  neighbors  to  the  south 
and  their  necessary,  if  unwilling,  contact  with  the  Yuki  peoples 
to  the  east  and  west  resulted  in  considerable  assimilation,  un 
doubtedly  mutual,  in  matters  of  folklore  and  culture.  The  myths 
and  tales  here  presented  differ  considerably  from  a  much  larger 
body  of  similar  material  gathered  from  the  Wailaki  to  the  north 
east  of  them.  They  have  in  common  the  myths  of  the  origin  of 

1  Contributions  to  North  American  Ethnology,  Vol.  Ill,  pp.  150-5,  1877. 

2  A  map   showing  the  location  and  grouping  of   their  former  villages, 
numbering  more  than  50,  is  in  preparation. 


68  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.   [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

fire  and  the  sun,  but  these  are  also  common  to  much  of  this  re 
gion.  Their  stories  of  creation  and  the  deluge  are  quite  different. 
The  Wailaki  claim  that  Nagaitcho,  so  important  among  the  Kato, 
is  no  god  of  theirs.  They  do  recognize  the  Thunders  as  super 
natural  brothers,  but  do  not  seem  to  give  them  so  much  of  a  place 
as  do  the  Kato.  Many  of  the  minor  incidents,  especially  those 
connected  with  Coyote,  are  found  among  both  peoples. 

The  dialect  of  the  Kato,  while  distinctly  Athapascan,  is  de 
cidedly  different  from  Hupa.  A  Hupa  man  listened  to  the  story 
telling  and  general  conversation  for  several  days  without  being 
able  to  recognize  more  than  a  few  words.  It  differs  less  mark 
edly  from  the  Wailaki,  although  the  general  pronunciation  is 
strange  enough  to  occasion  some  difficulty  in  understanding  other 
wise  common  words.  Each  of  these  dialects  has  many  peculiar 
nouns  and  verb  forms  which  must  be  learned  before  conversation 
is  practicable  between  them. 

The  texts  were  collected  in  the  late  spring  and  early  summer 
of  1906  from  Bill  Ray  (PL  9).  He  is  between  60  and  65  years 
of  age.  He  knows  only  the  myths  and  tales  here  given,  as  he 
claims ;  and  many  of  these  are  fragmentary  and  probably  some 
what  changed  from  their  primitive  form.  Especial  attention  is 
called  to  the  account  of  his  personal  experience  of  a  supernatural 
sort  (Text  XXXVII),  which  he  first  gave  voluntarily  in  English 
and  repeated  later  in  his  own  language.  In  the  translations 
placed  together  after  the  texts  an  attempt  has  been  made  to  pre 
sent  a  general  interpretation  rather  than  an  exact  rendering. 

Many  grammatical  notes  with  frequent  references  to  Hupa 
forms  occurring  in  preceding  volumes  of  this  series  have  been 
given.  It  is  the  intention  to  publish  an  account  of  the  phonetic 
and  morphological  structure  of  this  dialect.  If  the  uncertain 
conditions  of  human  life  and  labor  make  this  impossible,  these 
notes  and  references  may  render  these  texts  more  available  for 
linguistic  study. 

Dr.  Edward  Sapir  gave  assistance  in  some  of  the  phonetic 
difficulties  of  this  paper,  for  which  acknowledgment  is  here  made. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard—Kato  Texts.  69 


KEY  TO  SOUNDS. 

a  as  in  father. 

ai  as  in  aisle. 

a,  nearly  as  in  but,  alternating  with  a. 

e  as  in  net. 

e  as  in  they,  but  lacking  the  vanish. 

§  as  in  err. 

i  as  in  in ;  not  common. 

I  as  in  pique. 

6  as  in  note. 

li  approaching  u  in  but,  alternating  with  i. 

u  as  in  rule. 

y  as  in  yes. 

w  as  in  will ;  not  common. 

w  a  surd  w  found  final  in  the  syllable  after  an  aspirated  k. 

1  as  in  let. 

L  an  unvoiced  sound  made  with  the  tip  of  the  tongue  against 
the  teeth,  the  breath  being  allowed  to  escape  rather  freely 
between  one  side  of  the  tongue  and  the  back  upper  teeth.3 

L  nearly  like  the  preceding,  but  the  sides  of  the  tongue  are  held 
more  firmly  against  the  back  teeth,  resulting  in  a  harsher 
sound  preceded  by  a  complete  stop.3 

m  as  in  met. 

n  as  in  net. 

n  as  ng  in  sing. 

h  nearly  as  in  English. 

s  as  in  sit. 


3  For  a  detailed  description  of  L,  L,  t'  and  k'  (k3)  as  they  occur  in  Hupa 
see  pp.  10-15,  this  volume.  A  similar  treatment  of  Kato  sounds  is  in  prep 
aration. 


70  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

z       as  in  lizard, 
c       as  sh  in  shall, 
j       as  z  in  azure. 

G  a  voiced  velar  continuant,  as  final  g  in  German  words  like 
Tag. 

b       as  in  bit. 

d  a  sonant  stop  with  the  tongue  on  the  teeth,  nearly  as  in  Span 
ish.  The  sonancy  begins  with  the  release  of  the  tongue. 

t  a  surd  stop  in  the  position  of  the  last.  The  release  of  the 
tongue  is  followed  by  a  definite  aspiration  similar  to  but 
somewhat  stronger  than  that  heard  in  accented  syllables 
of  English  and  German. 

t'  a  surd  in  the  position  of  the  preceding,  but  noticeably  unas- 
pirated  to  an  English-hearing  ear.  This  sound  resembles 
those  which  have  been  called  "fortis"  or  "exploded"  in 
other  American  languages.  Its  peculiarity  is  due  to  suc 
tion  produced  at  the  glottis  at  or  after  the  release. 

g  a  sonant  stop  of  varying  positions  on  the  hard  and  soft  pal 
ates  according  to  the  vowel  with  which  it  is  associated. 

k  a  surd  stop  corresponding  in  position  to  the  last.  It  is 
strongly  aspirated. 

k'     a  surd  in  the  position  of  the  preceding,  but  unaspirated  like 

t'. 

q       a  velar,  unaspirated  surd  stop. 

dj     an  affricative,  sonant  toward  its  close;  similar  to  j  in  juice, 
tc     a  surd  corresponding  to  the  last.    It  is  aspirated, 
tc '    a  surd  similar  to  the  last  but  unaspirated. 

used  after  a  vowel  to  indicate  strong  aspiration. 
€       the  glottal  stop. 

The  phonetic  division  of  the  words  into  syllables  is  indicated 
by  a  slight  space. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  71 


I.—  THE  COMING  OF  THE  EAETH. 


to4      tesyai5      yaem6      to      conk'7      Lefieai€8      yaeni      nee9 
Water  |  went  |  they  say.  |  Waters  |  well  |  met,  |  they  say.  |  Land 

ndoel°       yaeni      t5       cam11       hakt#dune      ts'usno€l2       ndoe    2 

was  not  |  they  say.  |  Water  |  only     then,  |  mountains  [  were  not, 

ya€  ni       se13       n  do€       yae  m       tcun14       n  doe       yae  m       L6' 

they  say.      Stones  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Trees      were  not,  |  they  say.   | 

Grass 

ndoe      yaeni      tonai15      ndoe      yaeni     intcee16     ndoc     yaem    4 
was  not,  |  they  say.  |  Fish  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Deer  |  were  not,  [  they  say. 

gestco17       ndoe       yaem       noni18       ndoe       ya€m       buttco19 
Elk  |  were  not,  |  they  say.     Grizzlies     were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Panthers 

n  doe      yae  ni       yicts20      n  doe      yac  m       do  H       n  doe      ya€  ni    6 
were  not,  |  they  say.     Wolves  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Bears  |  were  not,  | 

they  say. 

nanec21       teLkut       yaem       nom       teLkut       ya€m       buttco 
People  |  were  washed  away,  |  they  say.     Grizzlies  |  were  washed  away,     they 

say.     Panthers 

4  A  monosyllabic  noun  common  to  nearly  all  Athapascan  languages. 
Ill,  14. 

5  A  prefix  te-,  distribution;  modal  prefix  s;  root  -ya  -yai,  to  go.     Cf. 
Ill,  213. 

6  A  quotative  used  in  myths  and  tales,  made  from  the  root  -ni  -n,  '  '  to 
speak"  (III,  244),  and  the  plural  prefix  yae  (III,  99). 

7  The  common  root  con,  good  (cf.  Hupa  hwon,  III,  201)   and  a  suffix 
-k',  with  the  force  of  "manner." 

s  The  prefix  Le-  (III,  44)  ;  modal  prefix  n;  and  root  -eaie  -eae,  "to  have 
position"  (III,  205). 

9  A  monosyllabic  noun  (III,  13). 

10  The  negative  prefix  and  adverbial  particle  do  used  as  a  verbal  root, 
and  the  modal  element  n  indicating  completed  action  (III,  95). 

11  Cf.  the  equivalent  Hupa  hwane  (III,  337). 

12  Has  the  root  -noe,  "to  be  vertical"  (III,  247). 
is  Cf.  Hupa  tse  (III,  14). 

i*  Cf.  Hupa  kin   (III,  14). 

isA  generic  word  meaning  "fish,"  apparently  made  of  to  "water"  and 
the  root  -nai  "to  go"  (III,  242). 

16  Common  to  all  the  southern  portion  of  this  division  of  the  Atha 
pascan. 

17  Has  the  common  augmentative  suffix  -tco   (III,  17). 
is  In  most  dialects  it  means  black  bear,  not  grizzly. 

is  The  augmentative;   compare  buts  "wildcat"  with  the   diminutive 
suffix  and  Hupa  min  ditc  (III,  18)  where  the  nasal  of  the  stem  appears. 

20  The  stem  yic  without  the  diminutive  suffix  is  common  in  other  dia 
lects  as  the  name  of  this  animal. 

21  This  noun   evidently  originally  meant   *  '  human,  not   animal.  '  '     It 
now  is  used  to  mean  "Indian,  not  European." 


72  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

teLkut      yaem      intce€      teLkut      ya€m      tc' si  tcun      nd5e 
were  washed  away,  |  they  say.  |  Deer  |  were  washed  away,  |  they  say.  |  Coy 
otes     were  not, 

2  yae  ni      hakw  duiie      da  tcaiic      n  doe      ya€  m      bus  tc  lo      n  doe 
they  say,  |  then.  |  Ravens  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Owls  |  were  not, 

yacnl       tc  'un  t  kuts  tse  tciil      ndoe       yaem       tc'ussai6       nd5fi 
they  say.     Buzzards  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Chicken-hawks  |  were  not, 

4  ya€m        seLtc'oi        ndoe        yaem        tcaLm        nd5e        yaem 
they  say.      Herons  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Varied  robins  (?)    |  were  not,  | 

they  say. 

due  tco22       n  doe       yae  ni       ductc       n  doc       ya€  m       tc  'us  saie- 
Grouse  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Quails  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Blue  jays 

6  tern23       ndoe      yaem       nakeits      ndoe      yaem      buntcbul2* 
were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Ducks  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Yellow-hammers 

ndoe      yaem      tc'untyac      ndoe      yaem      tcibbowitc      ndoe 
were  not,    they  say.  |  Condors     were  not,    they  say.     Screech  owls  |  were  not, 

8  yae  m       tcun  tc '  gi  tco       n  doe       yae  ni       tcun  nuL  tcunts       n- 
they  say.  |  Woodcocks     were  not,  |  they  say.     Woodpeckers     were  not, 

doc       yae  ni       na  coe  k  'a        n  do6        yae  ni       tcitc  watc       n  doe 
they  say.     Eobins  j  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  (A  bird)      were  not, 

10  yaem        hakt#dune        tc'olaki        ndoe        yacm        hakw;dufie 
they  say.  j  Then  |  meadow-larks  |  were  not,  j  they  say.  j  Then 

se  e  duntc       n  do6       yae  m       liakw  dune       tcun  tc  bao       n  doe 
sparrow-hawks  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  woodpeckers  |  were  not, 

12  yaem       hak«/;dune       butck'ai6       ndo6       yaem       haktrdun6 
they  say.  |  Then  |  seagulls  |  were  not,  |  they  say.      Then 

t  kac  tco       n  doe       yae  ni       clee       n  doe       yae  ni       hakw?  dun6 
pelicans  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Orioles  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then 

14  seL  tcun  dun  ni       n  doe       yae  ni       k  'aie  ts  'etc       n  do6       yae  m 
mocking-birds  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Wrens  |  were  not,  j  they  say. 

dji  dun  go  yantc      tc  '6'      n  do6      yac  ni      haktr  dunc      da  tc^netc 
Eusset-back  thrushes,  |  black-birds,  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  crows 

16  n  doe       yac  ni       hakw?  dunc       tc  le  lintc       n  doe       yae  ni       bus- 
were  not,      they  say.  |   Then      humming-birds  |  were  not,   |  they  say  |    (A 

small  owl) 

buntc       ndoe       yaem       hak^duii6       t'ebul       n  do6       yaeni 
were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  curlews  |  were  not,  |  they  say. 


22  The  augmentative,  compare  ductc  " quail." 

23  Cf.  Hupa  kistaitcwin  (I,  138,  9). 

24  Cf.  Hupa  mintcuwmil  (I,  113,  12). 


VOL-  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  73 

haktc  dun6      seL  tcun  dun  m      n  do6      ya6  m      na  tc  'aitc      n  do6 
Then  |  mocking-birds  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Swallows      were  not, 

ya6  ni      ban  sits      n  do6      ya6  m      hakw  dim6      tc  '6  la  kl      n  do6    2 
they  sa,y.  |  Sandpipers  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then     meadow-larks  |  were  not, 

yac  ni       hakw  duii6      L  tso  gun25        n  do6       yae  m       hakw  duii6 
they  say.  |  Then  |  foxes  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then 

biitc      n  do6     ya6  ni      hate  dun6      sis26      n  do6      yae  m      hate-    4 
wild-cats  |  were  not,     they  say.  |  Then  |  otters  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then 

dun6       sa'tc27       ndo6       ya6m       hate  duii6       gestco       ndo6 
minks  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  elks  |  were  not, 

yaem        hate  dun6        k'untagits        dataits        ndo6        ya6m    6 

they  say.  |  Then     jack-rabbits,  |  grey  squirrels     were  not,  |  they  say. 

hate  duii6       slus       ndo6      ya€ni       hate  dun6      gacteok'wut- 
Then  j  ground-squirrels  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  red  squirrels 

kwiyagits28       ndo6       ya€m       hakz^duii€       sulsiintc       ndoe    8 
were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  chipmunks  |  were  not, 

yae  ni       hakw;  dufie       Lon  Lgai29       n  doc       yae  m       hakw  dun6 
they  say.  |  Then  |  woodrats  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then 

naL  toncts30        n  doe        yae  ni        hakt^  dun6        Lon  tc  ge6  nectc31  10 
kangaroo-rats     were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then      " long-eared  mice" 

ndo6       yaem       hakt(;duii6       tc'laki       n  do6       ya€m       hak^- 
were  not,     they  say.  |  Then  |  sapsuckers  |  were  not,     they  say.  |  Then 

dun6        kwi  ymt        n  do6        ya6  m        hskw  duii6        kai  kos  lute  12 
pigeons  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  j   (a  bird) 

n  do6        ya6  m     t  hak^  duii6        s  tc  'ug  gi  yits        n  do6        ya6  ni 
were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  warblers  |  were  not,  |  they  say. 

hakwdun6       kat32       ndo6       yaem       hak^dun6       deL       ndo6  u 
Then  |  geese  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  cranes  |  were  not, 


25  Contains  the  stem  Ltso  "blue"    (III,  203). 

26  Common  to  many  dialects. 

27  With  stem  sa'    and  diminutive  suffix  -tc ;   the  corresponding  augmen 
tative  is  sa*  tco  ' ( fisher. ' ' 

28  The  stem  gac  ' '  yew, ' '  the  augmentative  -tc5  used   of  the  redwood, 
k'wut',  "upon,"  and  an  uncertain  verb  form. 

29  The  common  stem  Lon  < '  small  rodent ' '  and  L  gai  ' '  white. ' ' 

so  Probably  the  verb  "jump  around"  (III,  267)  and  the  diminutive 
suffix. 

si  The  stem  Lon  ' '  rodent, "  tc '  ge€  "  ear, "  nes  "  long, ' '  and  the  diminu 
tive  -tc. 

32  The  corresponding  Hupa  word  xa  disappeared  about  a  generation 
ago.  American  Anthropologist  N.  S.,  Vol.  3,  p.  208. 


74  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

yae  ni       liakzc  duiic       na  gol  tcik33       n  cloe      ya€  ni       haku?  diine 
they  say.  |  Then  |  (a  bird)  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then 

2    main      n  doe      yae  ni      hate  dun*    wa  nun  tcie34      n  doe      yae  ni 
weasels  |  were  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  wind  |  was  not,  |  they  say. 

hakt£  duiic       yas       n  doe       yae  ni        hakw  dufi€        loo        n  doe 

Then  |  snow  |  was  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  frost  |  was  not, 

4    yaem      hakw;dune      tutbul35      ndoe      yaem      hakwduiie      do- 
they  say.     Then  |  rain  |  was  not,  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  it  didn't  thunder, 

nai  t  get       yac  ni       hakw  dune       tcun  do  hut36       do  tc '  dun  m37 
they  say.  |  Then     trees  were  not  when  |  it  didn  't  thunder, 

6    yacm         do  tc 't  tul  k 'uc        yacm        hakwdun6        a'         ndoe 
they  say.  |  It  didn't  lighten,  |  they  say.  |  Then  j  clouds  |  were  not, 

ya€m      yistot      ndoe      yaem      donotcoke      yacm      go  yarn6 
they  say.  |  Fog     was  not,  |  they  say.  |  It  didn't  appear,  |  they  say.  |  Stars 

8    n  doe      yac  ni      tea  kwoL  gele38      yae  ni 
were  not,  |  they  say.  |  It  was  very  dark,  |  they  say. 

ca39        n  do  hut        di40        nee        nun  us  duk  k 'ec41        yaeni 
Sun  j  was  not  when  |  this  |  earth  |  got  up,  |  they  say, 

10    udec42       ntcaa43       nes       didaeuii44       qaL45       ya€m       kwun- 
its  horn  |  large     long.  |  From  the  north  |  it  walked  j  they  say.  |  Deep 


33  The  latter  part  of  the  word  is  probably  the  stem  L  tcik  ' '  red. ' ' 
s*  Contains  the  prefix  wa-  "through"  (III,  44)  and  the  root  -tci  "to 
blow"    (III,   274).     The  wind  blows  only  when  one  of  the  four   doors 
of  the  great  world  house  is  left  open. 

35  A  verb  ' l  to  fall  in  drops ' '  containing  the  root  -bul,  cf .  Hupa  -meL 
-mil  -miL  (III,  240). 

se  Stem  tcun  ' '  tree ' '  contracted  with  n  d5  and  suffix  -hut  ( '  when. ' ' 
37  Has  root  -n  -ni,  "to  speak,  to  make  a  noise,"  which  is  always  pre 
ceded  by  d  when  agent  is  not  human.     In  Hupa  a  dental  stop  generally 
precedes  in  any  case   (III,  196).     The  prefix  tc'-  of  the  second  syllable  is 
used  in  this  dialect  of  subjects  unknown  or  at  least  unmentioned. 

ss  tea  is  either  an  adverb  or  a  prefix  meaning  "very"  or  "entirely"; 
the  root  -gel€  "to  become  dark"  is  probably  identical  with  Hupa  -weL  -wil 
-wiL  (III,  224). 

39  Cf.  Hupa  hwa  (I,  104,  10). 

40  A  demonstrative.     Cf.  Hupa  ded  and  hai  de  (III,  31). 

41  Cf.  Hupa  in  nas  duk  ka  ei  (I,  114,  16;  III,  280). 

42  The  possessive   prefix   6-   or  u-   is   found   in   both  the  Northern   and 
Southern  Divisions  of  the  Athapascan  but   is  not   usual  in  the  Pacific 
Division. 

43  Cf.  Hupa  nikkyao  (III,  201). 

44  Cf.  Hupa  yidatcin  (I,  103,  6).    The  Kato  use  different  demonstrative 
prefixes.     Directions  are  always  given  with  regard  to  whether  movement  is 
toward  or  from  the  speaker.    Toward  the  north  is  di  dee. 

45  Cf.  Hupa  root  -qal  (III,  284). 


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sat46        hi  hen  nac  ta47        u  di  cee        hai        no  tc  't  toc4S        yae  ni 
it  went  places  |  its  shoulder     there  |  water  reached  |  they  say. 

kwuntuckata       ka  gun  nac49        yaem       yaeguttguc       yaem    2 
Shallow  places  |  it  came  out,  j  they  say.  |  It  looked  up  |  they  say. 

yidaeun       to       y66ilhae       yiLsut       yaem       neeLcut       nun- 
From  the  north     water  |  yonder     broke  |  they  say.  |  Earth  middle  |  it  came 

when 

ya  hut50       di  duk '       ca  u  ye  hun       yae  gut  t  guc       yae  ni       nee    4 
east  |  sun  under  |  it  looked  up  |  they  say.  |  Earth 

ntcaGtelit       bagunuii51       kundunts52       yaeguttguc       yaem 
getting  large  when  |  coast     near     it  looked  up     they  say. 

dinuk'53        nesdufi.       yaeguttguc       yaem        ude€       k'wut'    6 
South  |  far  |  it  looked  up  |  they  say.     Its  horn  |  on 

toca        scan54        yaem        L  bae  ml  hae55        udee        Lbacunha€ 
moss  |  was  |  they  say.  |  Both  sides  |  its  horn,  |  both  sides 

toGa      yaeni      ntcaG      nunkwiye56       di       qaL      yacm      yi- 
moss  |  they  say,   |  large.  |  Underground  |  this  |  walked  |  they  say,  |  from 

the  north. 

daeun      yoyinuk'57       nestiii58      ya€m      nagaitcd59       k'wut' 
Far  south      it  lay  down  |  they  say.  |  Nagaitco  |  on  it 

ts'siii      yaem      kwuLguL      yaem  10 

stood  |  they  say.  |  It  carried  him  |  they  say. 


46  Cf.  Hupa  xon  sa  din,  "deep  water  place,"  a  village  (I,  13). 

47  Cf.  Hupa  root  -na  -nauw  (III,  242).     The  suffix  ta'  is  plural  in  mean 
ing,  -dun  being  used  for  the  singular. 

48  Prefix  no-  limit  of  motion  (III,  53),  and  the  root  -toe  "water"  (III, 
267). 

49  Prefix  ka-  "up,  out  of,"  cf.  Hupa  xa-  (III,  56).    The  g  of  the  second 
syllable  is  equivalent  to  Hupa  w,  modal  prefix  (III,  100). 

so  As  in  Hupa  tes  ya  is  employed  of  setting  out  and  nun  ya  (Hupa  nin  ya) 
of  arriving. 

si  The  first  element,  bae,  seems  to  mean  "border." 

52  The  diminutive  suffix  and  kun  dun,  the  equivalent  of  Hupa  xun  din 
(I,  170,  13). 

ss  Cf.  Hupa  yinuk  (I,  112,  8). 

54  Modal  prefix  s  and  root  -ean.    Cf.  Hupa  sa  an  (III,  206,  8). 

55  Cf.  Hupa  iL  man  (III,  328) ;  L  or  iL  has  a  reciprocal  force,  compare 
iL  de  "sisters  of  each  other"  (III,  14) ;  bae,  see  note  51;  hae  is  used  after 
do  "not"  and  numerals  with  the  sense  of  "even"  or  "only"   (cf.  Hupa 
he  in  do  he  ya  iL  kit  "they  did  not  catch,"  I,  102,  3). 

56  The  first  syllable  is  equivalent  to  Hupa  nin  (III,  13),  which  seems 
to  be  a  derived  or  related  form  of  nee  mentioned  above. 

57  Cf.  Hupa  yoyidukka,  "far  east"  "Orleans"  (I,  265,  3). 

58  Cf.   Hupa   tcinnesten    (III,   266);    the   prefix  ne-   is  used  when  the 
assuming  of  the  position  is  in  mind;  to  be  in  the  position  is  expressed 
by  stin. 

59  The  moon  is  called  na  gai  "traveler,"  but  it  is  probable  that  a 
supernatural  ' '  great  traveler ' '  is  meant  here  and  not  the  moon. 


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yi  nuk  '       nun  ya  dun       6  sie       coe  tc  '  le  te  lit       conk  '       u  sle 
South  |  it  came  where  |  its  head  |  he  was  going  to  fix  when  |  well  |  its 

head 

2   no  eacco       ya€  ni       Letc  bacl        6  na6  tuk  kut        noeri  ean       yae  ni 
he  placed,  |  they  say.     Grey  clay  j  its  eyes  between     he  placed  |  they  say. 

udeek'wut'       no^an       yaem       Letcba       Lae       udeek'wut' 
Its  horn  on  |  he  placed  |  they  say  |  grey  clay.  |  Other  |  its  horn  on 

4  Letc  ba      noeii  ean      ya€  ni       Lo'  kaL  gai      ka  gum  me62      yae  m 
grey  clay  |  he  put     they  say.  |  White  reeds  |  he  gathered  |  they  say. 

usie  da  k'wut'      noenean      yaem     k'wut'     Letc     nolai     yacm 
Crown  of  its  head  on  |  he  put  |  they  say.  |  On  it  |  earth  |  he  put  |  they  say. 

6  L6'  Ltsd     6  sie  da  k  '  wut  '     na  t  guL  eae     yae  ni     tcun     na  t  guL  eae 
Blue  grass   |   crown  of  its  head  on  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say.  |   Trees  |  he 

stood  up 

yacm      ts'ie     natguLcae<53      yacm      uslek'wut'      begeckeoe64 
they  say.     Brush  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say,  |  its  head  on.  |  '  '  I  am  finishing,  '  ' 

8  tc'in    ya€m    dl  k'wut'    usie  k'wut'    ts'usnoe    ole    yo6iihae    to 

he  said  |  they  say.  |  '  '  This  on,  |  its  head  on  |  mountain      let  be.  |  Yonder  j 

water 

nun  yiL  tsuL  buii        tc'in        ya€m        ts'usnoe        sline        yaem 
shall  break  against  it,"  |  he  said     they  say.  |  Mountain  |  became  |  they  say. 


10  ts'I€       kalea«C5       yacnl        osle  k'wut'        seuyacts 

Brush  |  came  up  |  they  say.     Its  head  on  |  stone  small  j  he  had  put 

kwan66      yaem      se      ulletelit      ntcao      usi€      gestco      yaem 
they  say.  |  Stones     were  becoming  when  |  large,  |  its  head  |  elk  |  they  say, 

12  n  gun  do6       yaem       coegilaGec7       tc'in       yacm      kac      dldee 
was  not,     they  say.  |  "  I  am  fixing  it,  "  |  he  said,  |  they  say.     '  '  Well,  |  north 


eo  Cf.  Hupa  no  auw  in  do  no  auw  (I,  259,  6). 

si  It  has  the  root  -ba,  which  is  found  in  Hupa  as  -mai  in  dil  mai 
"gray"  (I,  283,  8). 

62  The  root  is  -be  ' '  to  collect. ' '  The  second  syllable  normally  ends 
in  n,  which  has  nasalized  the  b  and  then  itself  been  assimilated  to  the 
labial  position. 

es  Cf.  Hupa  naduwina  (I,  197,  5  and  III,  203-5).  This  is  transitive, 
as  is  shown  by  L  of  the  third  syllable. 

64  Cf.  Hupa  root  -xe  -xu,  "to  finish"  (III,  252).  The  g  of  the  final 
syllable  is  connected  with  the  u  of  the  Hupa  form  of  the  root. 

es  Prefix  ka-,  "out,  up";  la  modal  prefix;  root  -eae,  "to  have  position." 
Cf.  Hupa  xala  with  the  same  meaning  (I,  121,  11). 

ee  The  last  syllable  is  a  suffix  indicating  that  the  result  of  the  act, 
not  the  act  itself,  was  observed. 

67  Cf.  Hupa  root  -lau  -la  -lu  -le,  "to  do  something"  (III,  230).  The 
g  of  the  final  syllable  is  connected  with  the  u  in  the  Hupa  root. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  77 

nahecda68      coeocle'       tgama69      hide6      tc'in      yaem      yo- 
I  will  go  |  I  will  fix  it  |  along  shore  |  north/'  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Far 

north 

yi  dee       na  hes  t  ya70       ya€  m       6  na       nac  da       tc  'in       yae  m     2 
he  started  back  j  they  say.  j  ' '  Around  it  |  I  will  go, ' '     he  said  |  they  say. 

yokwit'ukM?       e6eocle'       tc'in       yaem       ot'ukw       coetc'lla 
"Far  above  |  I  will  fix  it,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.      Above  |  he  fixed  it, 

yaem         ncone         coegilaget          tc'in          ya€nl         ot'ukw?    4 
they  say.  |  "Good  |  I  made  it,"   |  he  said  |  they  say.      Above 

yo  yi  nuk '      na  hes  t  ya  hut      se      na  t  guL  eae     ya€  ni     tcun     ka- 
far  south  |  he  went  back  when  |  stones  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say.  |   Trees  | 

grow  up    . 

lca6       tc'istcin71       yaem       ts'i€       kaleae       tc'istcin       yaen!    6 
he  made  |  they  say.  |  Brush  |  grow  up  |  he  made  |  they  say. 

ts'usnd6      nateLeae      ya€ni      to      otcina72      nee      natguLeae 
Mountains   |  he  stood  up   |   they  say.   |  Water      in  front  of   |   ground  |   he 

stood  up 

yae  ni  8 

they  say. 

kwiin  Lail 
It  is  finished. 

II.— CEEATION. 

se      gundi      ya€m      se      setc'its73      tc'ttegunm      ya€m 
Kock  |  was  old  |  they  say,  |  rock  |  sandstone.  |  It  thundered  |  they  say 

diduk'      tc'ttegunm      yaem      dinuk'      tc'ttegunm      yaem  10 
east.     It  thundered  |  they  say  |  south.     It  thundered  |  they  say 

disee      tc'ttegunm       yaenl       dide€      se       gundi       cudulle 
west.  |  It  thundered  |  they  say  |  north.  |  ' '  Eock  |  is  old  |  we  will  fix  it " 

tc'in      yaem      nakkac      nagaitc5      tc'enes      yoyiduk'      o-  12 
he  said  |  they  say,  |  two  |  Nagaitco,  |  Tcines.  |  "Far  above  |  beyond  it 

tus74      tc'endikut      tc'in      yaem       tc'eiLtcut      yaenl      yaf 
we  stretch  it"  J  he  said  |  they  say.  |  They  stretched  it  |  they  say.  J  Sky 


68  The  h  of  the  second  syllable  is  found  in  Navajo  in  similar  verbs, 
but  does  not  appear  in  Hupa. 

69  Cf.  Hupa  tuwimma  (I,  252,  5). 
TO  Cf.  Hupa  nates  diyai  (I,  97,  17). 

71  Cf.  Hupa  tcistcwen,  "he  made"  (I,  336,  8;  III,  276). 

72  Cf.  Hupa  mitctcina  (I,  96,  9;  III,  342). 

73  Cf .  Hupa  xon  tcuw  dit  tcetc  where  the  final  syllable  means  ' '  rough ' ' 
(I,  150,  1). 

74  Cf.  Hupa  mittis   (III,  341). 


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k  'wun  na  gai       yae  ni       se      n  tcao      na  t  guL  eac      yae  m       dl- 
on  it  he  walked  |  they  say.     Eock  |  large  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say,     south. 

2  nuk'      disee      se      natguLcae      yaem      ntcao      nes      dide6 
West  |  rock  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say,     large,  |  tall.  |  North 

natguLcac       yacm       se    ntcao       nes       diduk'       natguLeae 
he  stood  up  |  they  say  |  rock  |  large,  |  tall,  j  East  |  he  stood  up 

4  yacm       se       kwunLail     coetc'illa       yacm       tunm75       tunm 
they  say  |  rock.  |  All  |  he  fixed  |  they  say,  |  road.  |  Eoads 

co€tc'illa      yaem       didee       tunm       coctc'illa       ya€m       di- 
he  fixed     they  say.  |  North  j  road  |  he  fixed  |  they  say.  |  ' '  South 

6  nuk'      tcun      do  bun      tc'in      yaem      kit  da  ye76      can      La- 
trees  |  will  not  be  "     he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Flowers  |  only     will  be  many ' ' 

mun77      tc'in      yaem      tacan        watc'amuil      tc'in      ya€m 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Where  |  hole  through  will  be?"  |  he  said  j  they  say. 

8  haidaeuil      watc'an      tc'istcin      yaem      a'buii      ntcaa      wa- 
From  the  north  |  hole  through  |  he  made  |  they  say.      For  clouds  |  large  | 

hole  through 

tc'an        tc'istcin        yaem        diduk'        yistotbun        watc'an 
he  made  |  they  say.  |  East  |  for  fog  |  hole 

10  tc  'is  tcin      yae  ni      di  see      hai  sin  un      a^      ta j  bun      di  se€      a? 

he  made  |  they  say  |  west.  |  "From  the  west  |  clouds     will  go,     west  |  clouds 

tajbundja6       tc'in     yaem       kebul       coctc'illa       yaem       se- 
wiU  go"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Knife  |  he  fixed  |  they  say.  |  For  rocks 

12  bun      coe  tc'illa      ya€m      kebul      nLuts      coctc'illa      yaem 
he  fixed  it  |  they  say.     Knife  |  stout  |  he  fixed  |  they  say. 

dantecamuii      tc'in      yacm      didee      tun  yae78      tc'in      yae- 
"How  will  it  be?"  |  he  said     they  say.  |  "North     you  go"  |  he  said  |  they 

say. 

14  ni      dinuk'      tacae79      ci      tc'in      yaem      dafie      beniLkeee 
"South  |  I  go  |  I"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Already  |  I  have  finished" 

tc'in      yacm      se      nuLtcut      tc'in      yaem      didec      nahun- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Kock  |  you  stretch "  |  he  said  |  they  say,  |  ' '  north. ' '  \ 

' '  You  must  untie  it 


75  Cf.  Hupa  tin  (I,  102,  8)  where  the  second  syllable  found  in  most 
dialects  does  not  appear. 

76  Cf.  Hupa  na  kit  te  it  dai  ye,  "it   blossoms   again"    (I,  364,  3;   III, 
254). 

77  Note  the   effect   of   an   n  which  has   disappeared   after  converting 
b  into  m. 

78  Equivalent  to  Hupa  tin  yauw. 

79  Cf.  Hupa  -hwa  (III,  248). 


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a  bun      di  see      tc  'in      yae  ni      di  duk '      na  hac  gat      ci      tc  'in 
west "  |  he  said  |  they  say.      l '  East  |  I  will  untie  it     I "  \  he  said 

yae  m       di  can       a'  bun       tc  'in       yae  ni       nan  Lut80       de  k  'a     2 
they  say.  |  < '  What  {  cloud  will  be ' '  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' <  Burn  around  | 

here ' ' 

tc  'in      yae  m      nas  Lut      yae  ni      a'  bun      ca'  nae    te'  s  'us  k  'an 

he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  burned  around  |  they  say,  |  for  cloud.  |  Creek  |  in 

water  he  made  a  fire 

yac  m       to  a'  bun       n  co  ne        tc  'in        yac  m        do       kw  sie  da    4 

they  say  |  for  dew.     "It  is  good"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Not  |  their  heads 

dun  tea  bfifi81       coete'illa       ya6nl^     Lae      neek'wut'       yiduk' 
will  be  sick  |  he  fixed  |  they  say.  |  Another  |  world  on     up 

ya€m        tc'enec        s 'us  dai  bun  hut       nin       djaii       kundiintc    6 
they  say,  |  Thunder     will  live.  |  ' '  You  |  here  |  nearby 

sun  da      nin      tc'in      yaem 
live,  f  you"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

to      dedunkac82      to      sul      uLtci83      tc'in      yaem      ne6    8 
' '  Water  |  put  on  the  fire,  |  water  |  hot  |  you  make, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  | 

Ground 

nanec        tc'istcin        yacm        kae         otc'un6         kunnucyic84 
man  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |  ''Well,      to  him  |  I  will  talk" 

tc'in       yaem       wos       tc'istcin       yacm       duk  k 'won6       tc'is-  10 
he  said     they  say.     Leg  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |   (Left)   |  he  made 

tcin  yaem  kwam«  tc'istcin  yaem  duk- 

they  say.  |  Arm  |  he  made  [  they  say.  |  (Left) 

k'won*      Lae      tc'istcin      yacm      Lo'      tc'gunyic     ya«m     di-  12 
too  I  he  made  |  they  say.  |  Grass  |  he  broke  off  [  they  say.  |  He  did  this 

kwaLsin      yacm      tc'amun      no  la      yacm      but 'bun85      tc't- 

they  say.  |  For  belly  |  he  put  it     they  say.  |  For  stomach  |  he  hung  it 

teL  buL      ya6  ni      11  djl  bun      s  'us  ba  dut      Lo?       u  ye'       n66ii-  14 
they  say.  |  For  his  heart  |  when  he  slapped  it  |  grass  |  under  [  he  put  it 


so  The  prefix  na-  (III,  48),  the  sign  of  the  2nd.  per.  sing,  n,  and  the 
root  -Lut  "to  cause  to  burn"  (III,  239). 

si  Cf.  Hupa  xoideai  du  win  teat   (I,  175,  15). 

82  Cf.  Hupa  prefix  de  d-  (III,  61). 

ss  Sing,  imp.,  cf.  Hupa  iLtcwe  (I,  278,  8;  III,  276-7).  It  is  frequently 
used  in  this  manner  with  intransitive  verbs  where  the  needed  transitive  form 
does  not  exist. 

84  Cf.  Hupa  xun  ne  yeiiw  te  "I  will  talk"  (I,  217,  11;  III,  246). 

83  Cf.  Hupa  xomit  (I,  102,  15). 


80  University  of  California  Publications.  LAM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

ean       yaem       ii  tele6  bun       Lets       tb5j86       n6en€an       yaem 
they  say.  |  For  his  liver     clay     round     he  put  it  |  they  say. 

2   utcoteiLbufi         tcoyiha6         no€iican         yaem         udjlcicte6 
For  his  kidney  |  again  |  he  put  it  |  they  say.     His  lungs 

djee  gun  t  'ats87        noen  €an        yae  ni        Lo'  nes        tc  'n  guii  tcut 
he  divided  |  he  put  it  |  they  say.  |  Grass  long     he  pushed  in 

4  yae  ni       di  kwon  di       di  can      se  H  mun88       tc  'in       yae  ni       cic 
they  say.   |  "What  kind   |  what   |  blood  will  be?"   |  he  said  j  they  say.   | 

Ochre  (?) 

tc'gunsut       yaem       k^cicbun       to       6' laii       tc'in       yaem 
he  pounded  up  |  they  say.  |  "For  ochre  |  water  |  get"  |  he  said     they  say. 

6  noLtiil      yaem      to      kw;nas'isbile      yaem      udae89      tc'istcin 
He  laid  him  down  |  they  say.  |  Water  |  he  sprinkled  around  him  |  they  say.  | 

His  mouth  |  he  made 

yaem     buntc     tc'istcin     yaeni       onae     tc'istcin     yaem     na.k- 

they  say.  [  His  nose  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |  His  eyes  |  he  made     they  say  | 

two. 

8  kae       dantecamM       tc'in        yaeni        ulaie        uLtci        tc'in 
"How  will  it  be?"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "His  penis  |  make"  |  he  said 

ya€m        otcok        n^kkae        tc'istcin       yaem       djeekuLtcuL 
they  say.  |  His  testicles  |  two  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Split  it ' ' 

10  tc'in      yaem      kae      tc'in      yaem      beniLkeee      tc'in      ya€nl 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Quickly"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  have  finished"  | 

he  said  |  they  say. 

a'       kas  ya       yae  ni       di  duk '      yis  tot      di  sin  uii      tai  yis- 
Cloud  j  came  up  |  they  say  |  east.  |  Fog  |  in  the  west  |  came  up 

12   tan        yaem        kae       totbuL90        tc'in        yaem        wanuntci6 
they  say.  |  '  <  Well,  j  let  it  rain "  |  he  said  |  they  say.      ' '  Wind 

tc'nnoLyoL91       tc'in        yaem        yiduk'        yat  bie       n  do  bun 
let  it  blow "  |  he  said     they  say.  |  "  Up  |  in  sky  |  shall  not  be, 

14  oyacts      wa nun tci bufi      tc'in       yaem       kae       totbuL       yis- 
little  |  shall  be  wind "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  * '  Well,  |  let  it  rain  |  fog  in, ' ' 


86  The  stem  -boj  is  probably  connected  with  Hupa  verbal  root  -mas 
-mats   (III,  240)   and  with  a  noun  stem  found  in  southern  Athapascan 
meaning  wheel. 

87  Cf.  Hupa  -tats  -fas  "to  cut  a  gash"  (III,  268). 

ss  Hupa  tsel  lin   (I,  169,  10)   shows  the  nasal  which  has  changed  b 
to  m. 

so  Cf.  Hupa  xotda  (I,  112,  14). 

so  The  3rd.  sing,  of  the  imp.  cf.  Ill,  132. 

»i  For  the  root  cf.  Hupa  -yol  -yoL  (III,  221). 


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totbic      tc'in      ya€m      tetbil€      yacm      do  ko  gis  ine92      yaem 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  It  rained    they  say.  |  One  could  not  see  |  they  say. 

ya'  bic  ufie      ko  wun  suL93    yac  ni     gun  t  'e      ca     ka  nac      di  c$n    2 

sky  in  |  it  was  hot  |  they  say  |  now.  |  Sun  |  came  up.  |  '  '  What 

cabuii      tc'in      yaem     kwon6    cocole      sulbun      tc'in      ya€m 

sun  shall  be?"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fire  |  fix  |  for  heat"  |  he  said  j  they 

say. 

nagai      Lee      nagai  bun      nagai      tc'in      yaem      iistiin      na-    4 
"Moon  |  night  j  shall  go  |  moon"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Cold  |  moon. 

gai      kwun  1411 
All. 

nanagutya       yaem       d^nco€hae       se       djee  yoL  t$L  kwuc94    6 
He  came  down  |  they  say.  |  "Who  |  stone  |  can  kick  open  I  wonder!" 

tc'in        ya€m        d§,ncoehae        tcun        djeeot'askwuc        tc'in 
he  said     they  say.  |  "Who  |  tree  j  can  split  open  I  wonder"  |  he  said 

yaem        ka€        beceaie        tc'in        ya«m        nagaitco        doha«    s 
they  say.  |  '  '  Well,  |  I  will  try  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Nagaitco  |  he  didn  't 

tcun      djeegunt'as      yaem      ka€      ci      beceaic      tc'in      yaenT 
tree  |  split  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Well  |  I  |  will  try,  "  |  he  said  |  they  say, 

tc'enec       dancochac       Lutskwuc        tc'in        yacm        tc'enec  10 
Thunder.  |  '  '  Who  |  stoutest  I  wonder,  "  j  he  said,  |  they  say,  |  Thunder. 

nagaitco      dohae      se      taskal       yacm      dohae      tc'un      do- 
Nagaitco  |  didn^t  |  stone  |  break  |  they  say.  |  Didn't  |  tree  |  didn't  kick  open 

ha«  djec  giil  tale       yaem       ci       beceaie       tc'in       yaenl       tc'e-  12 
they  say.  |  "I  |  will  try,"  |  he  said  j  they  say,  |  Thunder. 

nee       se       naniLtal6      yaem       se       djeegult$le      yaenl       se 
Rock  |  he  kicked  |  they  say.  |  Eock  |  he  kicked  open  |  they  say.  |  Bock 

giictyil      yaem      se      ontguc      se      djeciLtale      tc'in      ya€m  14 
broke  to  pieces  |  they  say.   |  "Rock  |  go  look  at."   |  "Rock  |  he  kicked 

open"  j  he  said  |  they  say. 

kae     tcum  mec  eaie     tc'in      yacm      tciin      djeeguLtale     ya€m 
"Well   |  tree  I  will  try"   |  he  said   |  they  say.   |  Tree  |  he  kicked  open   | 

they  say. 

tcun         giictyil        yacm       tc'enec       nagaitco    nanagutya  ie 
Tree  j  split  to  pieces  j  they  say.  |  Thunder,  |  Nagaitco  |  came  down 


»2  Cf.  Hupa  xo  wes  en  nei    (I,  120,  5). 

»3  The  prefix  is  Hupa  xo-  (III,  94). 

»4  Hupa  root  -taL  -tul  -tuL  (III,  261)  ;  this  may  be  the  form  used  as 
3rd.  sing.  imp.  in  Hupa;  the  suffix  -kwuc  indicates  speculation  on  the  part 
of  the  speaker. 


82  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

yaem       di     k'wuri      na  gai  tco      tok'wut'       nodunta.L       dan- 
they  say.  |  ' '  This  |  on  j  Nagaitco  |  water  on  |  you  step. "  \  l '  Who 

2  coe  hae      to      no  do  ta.  i,  kwuc      he  ue      tc  'in      yae  m      na  gai  tco 
water  j  can  stand  onf"  |  "Yes"  J  he  said      they  say.  |  Nagaitco 

to    k  'wun      no  t  gun  tale      yac  m      kwun  ye  tc '  gun  tale      yae  m 
water  |  on  |  stood     they  say.  |  In  it  he  sank  |  they  say, 

4  bantoebie       tc'enec       cl       beceaie       tc'in       yacm       tc'enec 
ocean  in.  J  Thunder  |  "  I  |  I  will  try  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Thunder 

to       k  'wut '      no  t  gun  talc      yae  ni       k«0  kwec       La  hac      kwuL 
water  |  on  |  he  stepped  |  they  say.  j  His  foot  |  one  |  with 

6  notguntal*      yacm      beniLkeee'       kae      tc'in      yaem      guL- 
he  stood  |  they  say.  |  "  I  have  finished,     hurry "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  j  It  was 

evening 
gele      yae  ni 
they  say.  t 

8         tetbil6      yaem      tetbllc      yacm      kwun  L^n      djin      kwun- 
It  rained  |  they  say.  j  It  rained  j  they  say.  |  Every     day  |  every 

Lan       uLgul       tutbiiL       ya*m       kwunLan       Lee       d^nteca- 
evening  |  it  rained  |  they  say.  j  Every  |  night.  |  "What  will  be, 

10  mufi       da  6  nee  M       co       tutbuL       hai       kwunLan       yiLkai 
what  will  happen,  |  too  much  j  it  rains  j  the  |  every  |  morning, ' ' 

ya€n        yaem95         dicofi        yistot        conk        nee        otc'une 
they  said  |  they  say.  j  Some  way  |  fog  j  well      ground  |  close  to 

12  no  in  tan          yaenT          yistot          ar  tgungetc          yacm 

spread  |  they  say  |  fog.      Clouds  |  were  thick  j  they  say. 

gunt'e      nanec      kwone      ngundoe      yaem      uyacts      kwofi* 
Now  |  people  |  fire  |  was  not  |  they  say.  |  Little  j  fire 

H  slifi*      yaem      ca?  naeta'       Ltemun«90      yacni      to      kwunteL- 
became  |  they  say.      Creeks  |  were  full     they  say.  |  Water  |  valley  in 

bl«k'         to         Leges  eae        yaem       kae       beniLkeee'        tc'in 
water  j  encircled  j  they  say.  |  "Well,  |  I  finish"  |  he  said 

16  ya€m      na  gai  tco      heue      tc'in      yaem      kae      yaLdacbufi97 
they  say,  |  Nagaitco.  |  "Yes"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Well,  |  you  must 

jump  up, 

LR«       ya' kVut'        noLd^cbun07        tc'in        yacm        cl        Lae 
another  |  sky  on  |  you  must  jump  to"  |  he  said     they  say.  |  "I  |  too 

°s  The  first,  yaen,  is  the  quoted  form  and  the  second  the  affirmative  form. 

96  Cf.  Hupa  root  -men  -min  "to  fill  up"  (III,  241). 

97  Note  that  the  inception  and  completion  of  the  act  are  both  men 
tioned.     They  seem  to  be  included  in  many  cases  for  literary  complete 
ness  where  they  are  not  needed  to  make  the  meaning  clear. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  83 

kwuc  le  dja*98       tc  'in      yae  m       guL  gele  un  hae       Lan      L  ta'  ki 
I  will  do  that"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  f( Night  |  every  |  kind 

nteslaLde*       adiille'dja6       tc'in       yaem       kwunLan       tut-    2 
when  sleeps  |  we  will  do  it"  |  he  said  j  they  say.  |  Every  |  it  rained 

buL      yaem       kwunLan      yiLkai      kwunLan       djin       kwun- 
they  say.  |  Every  |  morning,  |  every  |  day,  |  every 

L$ii      Lee      Lenechae      nanec      nteslab"      ya€m      nate'un-    * 
night,  j  All  |  people     went  to  sleep  |  they  say.  |  It  fell 

kut5100       ya£m       ya<        nee       ndo€       yaem       nesduii       ne« 
they  say,  |  sky.      Land  |  was  not  |  they  say.  |  Far  |  land 

ndoe      ya€m      to      ca.n      Len€a€      ya€m      ban  to6      Leneehae    6 

was  not  |  they  say.  |  Water  |  only     met  |  they  say,  |  ocean.     All 

nom       telat       yacm       gestco        Lenechae        telat        yaem 
grizzlies  |  drowned  j  they  say.  |  Elks  |  all  |  drowned  |  they  say. 

buttco       Lenecha€      telat       ya*m      buts      Leneeha€      telat    8 
Panther  |  all  |  drowned     they  say.     Wildcats  |  all  |  drowned 

yae  ni       in  tcee       Le  ne€  hae       yae  m       Lan        L  tar  ki       te  lat 

they  say.  |  Deer  |  all  |  drowned  |  they  say.  j  AU  j  every  kind  |  drowned 

ya'm      to      tesyahut      tcun      do      yacm      ne€      ndo      ya«m  10 

they  say.  |  Water     when  it  went  |  trees  |  were  not  |  they  say.  |  Land  j  was 

not  j  they  say. 

nanec     sline      yaeni      botc      tyits      nom      yitco101      gul- 
People  |  became    they  say.  |  Seal,  |  sea-lion,  j  grizzly  |  dance-house  j  built 

yi«          yaem          co          yok          neek'a          yaente          yaem  12 
they  say.  |  In  vain  |  way    world  over  |  they  looked  |  they  say. 

hai        gulyi*       yaem       nee       neon       katinmbie       gulsan102 
There  |  they  built  it  |  they  say.  |  Ground  |  good  |  Usal     it  was  found 

yaem      gulsamt      hai      gunL^n      yaen!      tyits      telan      na-  14 
they  say.  |  It  was  found  because  |  there  |  are  many  |  they  say,  |  sea-lions.  | 

Whale  |  human 

nee      tc'ek      slirie      yaem      telan      hai  hit'      Lk'ao103      k'wa' 
woman  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Whale  |  that  is  why  |  is  fat  |  fat 


ss  The  suffix  -djae  is  used  with  the  first  person  for  intended  actions. 

99  Cf.  Hupa  root  -lal  -laL  (III,  232). 

100  Cf.  Hupa  nainxut  "it  dropped  down"  (I,  115,  14). 

101  yik  and  yit  are  two  forms  in  other  dialects  of  a  monosyllabic  noun 
meaning  house.    In  the  next  word  this  stem  is  a  verbal  root. 

102  Cf.  dowiltsan  "it  was  not  seen"  (I,  341,  9).     It  seems  doubtful 
if  these  forms  in  1,  clearly  passive  in  Hupa,  are  really  passive  in  Kato. 
They  seem  to  be  rather  simple  neutral  forms  of  the  verb. 

103  The  equivalent  of  Hupa  Lukkau  "it  is  fat"  (III,  202). 


84  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

ntcao       nom       ndo*       yacm       Loyacts       ts'undunnakaicts 
much.  |  Grizzlies  j  were  not     they  say.  j  Suckers  |  blue  lizards 

2  tonai       ndoehut      talgal104      yaem      tonai      ndochut       dl- 
fish  j  were  not  when  |  were  thrown  in  water  |  they  say.  |  Fish  I  when  were 

not  |  "What 

caii       tonai  bun       tcicseetco       talgal       yaem       tobic        ges 
fish  will  bet"  |  Bull-snake  |  was  thrown  in  water  |  they  say.  |  In  water  | 

black  salmon 

4  slhV      ya'm      dullants      talgal      yaenl      tobic      datcaehal 
became    j   they  say.    |    Salamanders   j   were  thrown  in  water       they  say.    | 

Water  in  |  hook-bill 

sline      yaem      naLcotc      talgal      yacm      tobic      Lok'      sline 
became  |  they  say.  |  Grass-snake  |  was  thrown  in  water  |  they  say.  |  Water 

in  |  steel-head  |  became 

6  yaem      sal  gits      talgal      yaem       tobi€      Loyacgaitc       bun 

they  say.   j  Lizard  j  was  thrown  in  water  |  they  say.  |  Water  in  |  trout  1 

shall  be, 

Loyactc       tc'tce'       yaeni       kt0kak'eebun       ckakV       tc'in 
Trout  |  cried  |  they  say  |  his  net  for.  |  "My  net"  |  he  said 

8  yaem      Lan      Lta'ki      cu      kwaya€acit      ya€m      tc'kak'105 
they  say.  |  Many  |  every  kind  j  in  vain  |  they  gave  him  |  they  say.  |  Net 

guLtcinkwan       yaem       tc*kak'       guLLonit106       bi€nogultin 
he  had  made  |  they  say.  |  Net  |  when  he  wove  |  he  put  him  in 

10  yaem       tc'tdeniiele       yaem       takicwulg^l       yaem       hota 
they  say.  j  He  stopped  crying  |  they  say.  |  He  was  thrown  in  water  |  they 

say.  j  Then 

Loyactc      s'usline      yaem      dic^n      kalea€bufi      tobic      tc'in 
trout  |  he  became  |  they  say.  |  "What  |  will  grow  |  water  in"  |  he  said 

12  ya«m       lat107       kal€ae       yaem       tobi€       ban  to*       yoetcil€in 
they  say.  |  Sea-weed  |  grew  |  they  say  |  water  in,  |  ocean.  |  Abalones 

kal€ac      yacm      bantco      kalea6      yaem      bantocbic      tekus- 
grew  |  they  say.  |  Mussels  |  grew  |  they  say,  |  ocean  in.  |  Kelp 

!4  le€       to  ye       kalcae       yacm       sul  sus  kw?  t  'in       kalca€       yaem 
water  under      grew  |  they  say.  |   (A  kelp)   |  grew  |  they  say 

bantoebi€       tcunkw?t'in       kalcae       yaem       banto€ble       Lan 
ocean  in.  |  Abalone-sausage  |  grew  j  they  say  |  ocean  in.  |  Many 


10*  Of.  Hupa  root  -waL  -wul  -WUL  "to  throw"  (III,  222). 

ice  Cf.  Hupa  kixxak  (I,  256,  7)  and  kwkak'e*  (Hupa  xoxakke) 
and  c  ka  k'ec  above.  We  have  here  the  tc=Hupa  prepalatal  k,  k  aspi- 
rated=Hupa  x,  and  an  unaspirated  k  common  to  both  dialects. 

io«Cf.  Hupa  -Lon  -L6  "to  twine  baskets"   (III,  239). 

107  cf.  Hupa  la  (III,  13). 


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L  ta'  ki       ka  lcae      yac  ni       L6  Ltso       ka  lea€       yae  ni       ban  toe- 
different  kinds  |  grew  |  they  say.     Grass  blue  j  grew  |  they  say  [  ocean  in. 

bi€       di  c$n        Le  do  muil       tc  'in        yae  ni        Lan       be  yac  lcai€    2 
"What  |  salt  will  be?"  [  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Many  J  they  tasted 

yae  ni        tc '  woe  tcee        ban  to6        tc '  woe  tee6         hai         Le  dofi€ 
they  say.  |  Foam  |  ocean     foam  |  that  |  salt 

slifi€      yaem      na  nee      biye6      Ledone      hai      belcaie      yaem    4 
became      they  say.  |  Indians  |  their  |  salt  |  that      they  tried  |  they  say. 

tc'an      buL       nadeltcamun       tc'amuL       nakomuL       na  del- 
Food  |  with  it  |  they  shall  eat,  |  food  with.  |  Clover  with     they  shall  eat. 

tcamun      hai      neon      yacm      Ledon6      banto€      daticamufj    6 
That  |  good  |  they  say  |  salt  |  ocean.  |  < '  What  will  be 

to       kwiin  di  kas  mufi       da  din  €ae  mufi        di        bantoe        tc'in 
water  | |  this  |  ocean?"  |  he  said 

yacm       de       ban  to6       naieaebiin       taicacbun       kwunnunun    8 
they  say,  |  "this      ocean.  |  It  will  have  waves,  j  It  will  settle  back.  |  Up 

this  way 

saibun      tc'in       yaem       sai       k'wiit       tcin  us  dme108       yacni 
sand  will  be, ' '  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Sand  |  on  top  |  shone  |  they  say. 

sutdi      tekusle6      nolkubbufi109      tc'in      ya€m      telan      iitt-  10 
"Old  |  kelp  |  will  float  ashore,"  |  he  said    they  say.  |  "Whales  j  old  ones 

yac     ndlabun     tc'in     yacm     nanec     yamun     tonai     tonai- 
will  float  ashore"     he  said  |  they  say.     "People     will  eat  |  fish,  |  'fish  big.7 

ntcao      tyits      nolabundja6      yaetamiindjae      ncomundja6  12 
Sea-lions  |  will  come  ashore.  |  They  will  eat.  |  Good  will  be, ' ' 

tc'in     yacm     t'ant  glilyos110     beksufihit     ncomundjae     tc'a- 
he  said  j  they  say.      "Devil-fish  I  ugly  although  I  will  be  good,  I  they  will 

eat  it" 

mundja€      tc'in       yaem       tonai       banto€bie       Lk'abuiidja*  14 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fish  |  ocean  in  |  will  be  fat" 

tc'in      yacm      ncomundja6      Lan      Lta'kl      bundja6      ban- 
he  said  |  they  say.      "It  will  be  good.  |  Many  |  different  kinds  |  will  be  | 

ocean  in;> 

tocbie       tc'in       yaem       tobuttco       bundjae       tc'in       yacm  16 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Water  panther  |  will  be"     he  said  j  they  say. 


108  The  liupa  root  -den  -din  "to  be  light."     This  probably  refers  to 
the  phosphorescence  of  the  old  kelp. 

109  The  root  is  -kut,  to  float;  with  b  for  t  by  assimilation, 
no  Possibly  this  contains  the  root  -yos  "to  pull"  (III,  221). 


86  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

setonai      bundjae      nanec      tc'ebebun      tc'in      ya€m      to- 
"  'Stone  fish'   j  will  be,      people  |  he  will  catch"   |  he  said   |  they  say.  | 

'  '  l  Fish  teeth  long,  7 

2  nai  woe  nes     ges  L  cune     to  nai     t  yits       tc  'e  be  bun  djae      tc  'in 
gesLcunc  |  fish,  |  sea-lion  |  he  will  catch"  |  he  said 

yacm       tatc'kwule^cbundjae       tc'in       yacm       tyits       kwee 
they  say.     ''He  will  come  out  of  the  water,"      he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Sea- 

lion  |  foot 

4  ndocbundjae        tc'in        yaem        kw?t'ae        bundjac        tc'in 
none  will  be"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "His  tail  |  will  be"     he  said 

yaem      woentca'       bun  djae      tc'in      yacm      tcun       dobun- 
they  say.     '  '  Teeth  large  |  will  be  "  |  he  said     they  say.  |  <  '  Trees     will  not  be 

6  djae        bantoebie        tonLuts       bun  djae       bantoebic       tc'in 
ocean  in.  |  Water  rough  |  will  be,     ocean  in"  |  he  said 

yaem 
they  say. 

8         gactco       natguLeae       yaem       tgama      tc'ibetcifi      nat- 
Eedwood  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say.  |  Shore  along  |  fir  |  he  stood  up 

guL«ae       yaem       tc'ibetcifi       neeutciedufi       didaeun       tc'- 
they  say.  )  Firs  |  earth  tail  place  j  north  |  he  made  along 

10  guLtciL      ya€m      natguL€ae      yacm      nee      banto€        utcina 
they  say.  |  He  stood  it  up  |  they  say.  j  Land  |  ocean  |  in  front  of 

bus       tc'guLtciL       yaem       yidaeuii       se       noga^c       ya€m 
slide  |  he  made  along  |  they  say.      From  the  north  |  stones  |  he  put  down  | 

they  say. 

12  yoonha*       bantoe       nunylLtsuL       yacm       yoyinuk'       kwae- 
Yonder  j  ocean  |  beats  against  it  |  they  say.  j  Far  south  j  it  does  that 

gulleL      yaem      necdulbai      natgu.LeaL      yacm      dultcik111 
they  say.   |    (A  pine)    |  he  stood  up      they  say.   |  Yellow  pine 


14  natguLe^L      ya€m      nesdunhac      natguLe^L      yacm      ts'us- 
he  stood  up    they  say.  |  Far  away  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say.  |  Mountains 

noc      natguLe^L      yaem      to      utcina      hainukkV      dotcoe- 

he  stood  up  |  they  say  |  water  |  in  front  of.  |  Way  south  |  he  didn't  stop, 

16  dai       natguLeaL      yaem       kagulcaL      yaem       g^ctcd      na- 
he  stood  them  up  |  they  say.  |  They  grew  up  |  they  say.  |  Kedwoods,  |  pines, 

deltc112      needulbai      k'eguLyil      yacm      atk'e113      tgunna- 
pines  |  he  placed  in  a  row  |  they  say.  |  Back  |  he  looked  around 


in  The  Hupa  name  is  dil  tcwag  (I,  246,  footnote). 
112  na  del€   seems  to  refer  to  the  hanging  of  the  cones.     Cf.  na   del. 
(I,  39). 

us  It  has  the  reflexive  pronoun  and  the  postpositional  particle  -k'e. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  87 

tgutguc         yaem         kagul^L        yaem         g^ctco        giinnes 
they  say  |  were  growing     they  say.  |  Eedwoods  j  were  tall 

yae  ni       se       nat  guL  e§,L      yae  ni       u  yacts       ca'  nac      ts  't  guL-     2 
they  say.  |  Stones  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Small  |  creeks  |  he  made 

with  his  foot 

t$L      ya€m      tc '  gul  lin  teL  ta'       di      to      nc6miindjac      tc'in 
they  say.  |  ' '  They  run  down  where     that  |  water  |  will  be  good, "  \  he  said 

yaem    di    tana  man  djae    tc'in    yaem    bantoe    c^n    dohaeta-     4 
they  say.  |  l '  This  |  they  will  drink, ' '  |  he  said  [  they  say.  j  ' '  Ocean  |  only  | 

they  will  not  drink," 

namundjae    tc'in    yacm    kaleae    tc'guLtciL    ya6m    tgunna- 
he  said  |  they  say.      Growing  up      he  placed  along  |  they  say.  |  He  looked 

around 

tguc     atk'e     ka  gul  C$L  kw^n     yaem     tosiedun     kunundunne     6 
behind  himself  |  they  had  grown  along  |  they  say.  |  Water-head-place  j 

becoming  near, 

sa'  dun  hae    ts '  kun  nee114    yae  m     a  tc  'unc    n  co  ne    ka  gul  €a  lit 
alone      he  talked  |  they  say      to  himself.  |  "It  is  good  I  they  are  growing 

along" 

tc'in      yaem      ca'  na€    tc'guLtciL    yaem      di      tanamundjae    8 
he  said  I  they  say.      Creeks  I  he  made  along  I  they  say.     "This  I  they  will 

drink," 

tc'in      yaem      haihit'       Leneehae      haihit'      tan^n      yaem 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  That  is  why  |  all  |  that  is  why  |  drink  |  they  say. 

Lan       L  ta'  ki       to  n  co  nit       do  dun  k  '6  tcit        in  tcee        ta  na-  10 
"Many  |  different  kinds  j  water  is  good  because  |  it  is  not  salt  because  | 

deer  |  will  drink, 

mundja*       gestco       tanamundjae       buttco       tanamundjae 
elk  |  will  drink  |  panther  )  will  drink, 

sa'  tco       ta  na  mun  djae       tc'in       yaem       tcun       kalcae       tc'-  12 
fisher  |  will  drink"  |  he  said  j  they  say.  |  Trees  |  grow  up  |  he  made  along 

guLtciL       yaem      atk'e      tc'onagutguc      yaem      kaguLc^L- 
they  say.  |  Behind  himself  |  he  looked  |  they  say.  J  They  had  grown  up  along 

kwan       yaem       t'akwilm       datc^n6       tc'ussaie       tana  mun-  ^ 
they  say.  |  ' '  Birds,  |  ravens,  |  chicken-hawks  |  will  drink ' ' 

djae    tc'in    yaem    dataits    tana  mun  dja6    slus    tana  mun  djac 
he  said      they  say.      "Grey-squirrels  |  will  drink,   |   ground-squirrels   |  will 

drink" 

tc'in      yaeni      vbgk  cshmrdshrdcmwf  bvy  qkgzx  cmfwyp  rdlu  16 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Quail  |  will  drink "  |  he  said  j  they  say.  j  « '  Many 


Cf.  Hupa  tcexunneuw  (I,  272,  6;  III,  246). 


88  University  of  California  Publications.  [AM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

Lta' kl       tanamundjae       tc'in       yacm       to       gictciL       to 
different  kinds  |  will  drink ' '     he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Water  |  I  place  along,  | 

water 

2  n  con      tc  'in      yae  m      Lan      g$c  tco      ka  gul  eaL      tc  'in      ya«  m 
good,"   j  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Many  |  redwoods  |  grew  up  along"   |  he 

said  |  they  say. 

ka  gul  eaL        yae  m        hai  nuk  k  V        to        tc '  guL  tciL        ya€  m 
They  grew  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Toward  the  south  |  water  |  he  placed  |  they 

say. 

4  saktoe      nanguLtalc      yaem      saktocbun      tc'in      yacm      di 
Springs  j  he  kicked  out  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Springs  will  be "  |  he  said  j  they  say.  | 

' '  This 

intcee      biyiye      tc'in      yaem      tc'nunkut      kwlo      tc'guL- 
deer  |  theirs  is"  |  he  said  |  they  say,      "deer-licks."  |  His  dog  |  he  took 

along 

6  teL      yaem      to      tainan115      UL  tc'in      yaem      kwlo      tagi- 
they  say.  j  ' '  Water  j  drink "  |  he  told  him  |  they  say,  |  his  dog.  |  He  drank 

nan          yaem          km          Lae          Leneehae          tanamundja* 
they  say,  j  himself  |  too.  |  "All  |  will  drink 

8  Lan        L  ta'  ki        t  'a  kwil  In        ta  na  mun  dja€        tc  'in        yae  m 
many  j  different  kinds  |  birds  |  will  drink "  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

tcun        kaguleaL        ya€m        satciin        kalcae        tc'guLtciL 
Trees  |  grew  up  along  [  they  say.  j  Tan-oaks  |  grow  up  |  he  made  along 

1  o  y a*  ni       Lan       L  ta'  ki       kal  eae       tc '  guL  tciL       yae  ni       tc  'I- 
they  say.  |  Many  |  different  kinds  |  grow  up  |  he  made  along  j  they  say.  | 

Firs, 

betcifi       g^ctco       tc'ibetcifi       na  deists        kalea6        tc'guL- 
redwoods,  |  firs,  |  pines  |  grow  up  |  he  made  along 

12  tciL      yaem      to      tc'guLtciL      yaem      ca' naetaf      ts'tteguL- 
they  say.  |  Water  |  he  placed  along  |  they  say.  |  Creeks  |  he  dragged  his  foot 

taL       yae  ni       to    tc '  gul  lin  bun       nee        na  t  guL  e$L        yae  m 
they  say.  [  Water  |  will  flow  |  land  |  he  placed  along  on  edge  |  they  say. 

14  kalca€      tc'guLtciL      tcun      se      nogaeac      yacm      ts'usno6 
Grow  up  |  he  made  |  trees,  j  stones  |  he  placed     they  say.  |  Mountains 

gut  tea'        yaem       kowiyaL       yacm       tc'unt'afi       kwunt'a- 
were  big  |  they  say.  |  Were  growing  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Acorns  |  will  grow ' ' 

16   mundja*      tc'in      yacm      tc'nneLin*      bantoe      atk'e      tcufi 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  looked  |  ocean  |  behind  himself  |  trees 

tc'onatguc       yacm       se       nogacac       yacm       t5       ncone 
he  looked  at  |  they  say.j    Rocks  |  he  placed,  |  they  say.  |  "Water  |  is  good, 


Hupa  would  be  tun  din  nun  for  the  sing.  imp. 


VOL-  5J  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  89 

to      guctcilet      taganamun      tc'in      yacm       g^ctco      nat- 
water  [  I  place  when  |  they  will  drink "  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Kedwoods  | 

he  stood  up  along 

guL  eaL     yae  ni     tc  'I  be  tciii     sa  tciin     nee     na  t  guL  €$L     yae  ni    2 
they  say.  j  Firs  |  tan-oaks,  |  land  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say. 

ts'usnoc      natguLe$L      yaem      ntca'bundjae      tc'in      yaenl 
Mountains  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  "Large  will  be"  |  he  said  | 

they  say, 

gactco       tc'ttesya       yaem       nee       unasya       ya€m       ts'tte-    4 
1 1  redwood. "  j  He  went  |  they  say.  |  World  |  he  went  around  |  they  say.  |  He 

dragged  his  foot  along 

guLt^L      yaem      to      niil  lin  teL  bun      na  delate      natguL^L 
they  say,  j  water  |  will  flow  for.  |  Pines  |  he  stood  up  along 

yae  m        g$c  tco       na  t  giil  €aL        yae  ni        tc  'I  be  tciii        ca'  na«    6 
they  say.  j  Eedwoods  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say,  |  firs,  j  Creeks 

tc'guLtciL       yaeni       nee       naunguLtaj,        yaem        satcun 
he  made  along  |  they  say.  |  Ground  |  he  kicked  out  [  they  say.  |  Tan-oaks 

natguLeaL      yacm       needulbai       natguL€^L      yaem       tko-    8 
he  stood  up  [  they  say.  |  Pines  |  he  stood  up  |  they  say.  |  Chestnuts 

icts      natguLeg,L      yaem      se      nogacac     yaem     atk'e     tc'o- 
he  stood  up  |  they  say.     Rocks  |  he  placed  |  they  say.  |  Behind  himself  J  he 

looked 

gutguc       yacn!       giittca'        se       yacm        nee        natguLc^L  10 
they  say.  |  Became  large  |  rocks  |  they  say.     Ground  |  he  stood  up 

yac  ni       to       ca'  nae      ta  gi  n^n       yae  ni       to       n  co  ne      tc  'in 
they  say.  |  Water,  |  creek  |  he  drank  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Water  |  is  good "  |  he  said 

yacm      dultcikts      natguijeaL      yaem      se      to      6nacaibun  12 
they  say.  [  Pines  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  "Eocks  [  water  |  around 

will  be 

aguclele       tc'in       yaem       kin  ha       atc'ufie       kin  nee       tai- 
I  have  made"    |  he  said  |  they  say,   |  himself  |  to  himself   |   he  talked.   | 

"Drink, 

n$n       c  lots      tc  'in       ya€  ni       i^an       L  ta'  ki       ta  na  mun       to  14 
my  dog ' '  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Many  |  different  kinds  |  will  drink  j  water 

n  con      se      no  ga  cac      yac  ni      bus      no  ga  cac      yae  ni      seL- 
good."  |  Rocks  |  he  placed  j  they  say.  |  Banks  |  he  placed  |  they  say.  | 

Stones  white  small 

gaioyacts      noga€ac      ya€m      tc'iint'an      natguLeg,L      yae-  ie 
he  placed  |  they  say.  |  White  oaks  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say. 

ni      nadil6      Lahata      natguLc^L      yaem       LtaG      Lahata 
Sugar-pines  |  one  at  a  time  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Black  oaks  | 

one  at  a  time 


90  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

natguLeaL      yaem      sakkenes      natguLeaL      ya€m      tc'ube 
he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Valley  oaks  |  he  stood  up  along  I  they  say.  I 

Firs 

2  natguL«aL      yaeni       Lahata       to       beccaic       tc'in       yaem 
he  stood  up  along  |  they  say,  |  one  at  a  time.  |  "Water  |  I  will  try,"  |  he 

said  |  they  say. 

c  lots        tai  n$ii        tc  'in        yac  ni        Le  ne€  hae        L  ta'  kl        ta- 
"My  dog  I  drink,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "  All  |  different  kinds  |  will  drink" 

4  namun          tc'in          yaem          to          neon          tc'tteguLtaL 
he  said  ]  they  say,  |  ' '  water  [  good. "  \  He  dragged  his  foot  along 

yae  ni       ca'  nae       nee       na  an  guL  t$L       ya€  m       se       no  ga  eac 
they  say.  |  Creeks,  |  ground  |  he  dragged  his  foot  |  they  say.  |  Eocks  |  he 

placed 

6  yacm      atk'e      tc'neLin*      yaem      to      tain^n      clots      tc'in 
they  say.     Behind  himself  |  he  looked  |  they  say.  |  "Water  |  drink,  |  my 

dog, "  |  he  said 

yaenl      ci      Lae      tacnan      tc'in      yaem      nom      tanamufi 
they  say.  |  "I,  |  too,  |  I  drink"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Grizzlies  |  will 

drink, 

8  Lan      L  ta'  ki      ta  na  mun      na  nee      ta  na  mun      tc  'in      ya«  ni 
many  |  different  kinds  |  will  drink.    People  |  will  drink, "  |  he  said  j  they  say. 

to       gic  tci  le  di      Lan      L  ta'  ki      ta  na  mun      se      no  gac  eac  e 
"Water  |  I  have  placed  |  many  |  different  kinds     will  drink.  |  Rocks  |  I 

have  placed." 

10  ts'usnoe       natguL^L       yaem       tcun       tc'ube       natguLeaL 
Mountains     he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.     Trees,  |  firs  |  he  stood  up  along 

ya«m      tc'itc'an      natguLeaL      yaem      untc'waitco      nat- 
they  say.  |  White  oaks  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Maul  oaks  |  he  stood 

up  along 

12  guLe$L      yacm      nadil6      kalea6      tc'gui^aL      yaem      gactco 
they  say.  |  Pines  |  grow  up  |  he  made  along  |  they  say.  |  Redwoods 

na  t  guL  eaL      yae  ni       La  ha  ta 

he  stood  up  along  |  they  say,     one  at  a  time. 

14         dullantc      taguLgal      yaem       ca' nae      ts'unteL      ta  guL- 
Salamander  |  he  threw  in  water  |  they  say,  |  creeks.  |  Turtles  |  he  threw 

in  water 

gal      yaem      beliii      naduLbundjae      di      kwot      tc'in      ya€- 
they  say.  |  "Eels  |  will  come  |  this  |  creek"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

16  ni       da  tca€  hal       ges      ca'  nae      di  bie       ges       hi  hen  duL  bun- 
' '  Hook-bill,  |  black  salmon,  |  creek  |  this  in  |  black  salmon  |  will  come  in ' ' 

djae       tc'in       yaem        Lok'        handattae         tun  duL  bun  djae 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Steel-heads  |  last  ones  |  will  come  in" 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  91 

tc'in        yaem        tonai        oyacts        tun  duL  bun  djae        tc'in 
he  said    they  say.  |  "Fish  |  small  |  will  come, "  \  he  said 

yaeni      t'anLtukts      takatce      tcisguntc      ts'ek'enects  2 

they  say,  |  (l  (a  fish)     crawfish  |  (small  eels)  j  day  eels." 

nom       Lamundja6       di        ts'usnoek'wut'        intce6       La- 
"  Grizzlies  |  will  be  many  |  this      mountain  on.  |  Deer  |  will  be  many 

mun  d  jae       di       ts  'us  no6  k  'wut '       yae  ta  mun  d  jae       do  hae  wl-    4 
this  |  mountain  on.     They  may  eat.     No  gall  will  have. 

tcoyibundjae      tV       yae  ta  mun  djae      intce6      conk      tulka- 
Eaw  |  they  may  eat.  |  Deer  |  very  |  sweet  will  be. 

mundjae       buttco       Lamundja6       k'untagits       Lamundja6    6 

Panthers  |  will  be  many.  |  Jack-rabbits  |  will  be  many 

di       ts 'us  noc  k 'wut '       tsusna       doktcdjiyan       ya€m       st'6c 
this  |  mountain  on."  |  Yellow-jackets  |  he  didn't  like     they  say.  |  Nearly 

tci  yis  tuk  kut116      bunLtcintco     tcunsisnats      tc'istcin      yaem     g 
he  killed  them.  |  Blue  flies  |  wasps  (?)  |  he  made  |  they  say. 

naL  gi      ki  yee      kuL      guL  daL      yac  nl      to      n  tca^  bun      tc  'in 
Dog  |  his  |  with  him  |  walked  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Water     will  be  big, ' '     he  said 

yac  m      ca'  nae      di      kwot     wan  t  V      6  yacts      ca'  nae      to  nai  10 
they  say,  |  "creek.  |  This  |  stream  |  some  |  small  |  creek  j  fish 

hi  hen  duL  bun  dja€        tc'in        yaem        tonai        ncomundja6 

will  go  in"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fish  |  will  be  good," 

tc'in      yaem      LO  yac  gaits     Lamundja6      Loyac      Lamundjae  12 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Trout  |  will  be  many,  |  suckers  |  will  be  many 

di       kwot       k'aidoi       ka  leac  bun  djae        di       ts 'us  noe  k 'wut ' 

this  |  creek.  |  Brush  |  will  grow  up  |  this  |  mountain  on. ' ' 

tunnic  t'un      naltc'ul      kaleac      tc'istcin      yaem      kwunteL  14 
Manzanita,     white  thorn  |  grow  |  he  made     they  say.  |  '  *  Valley 

bufidja6       djafi      tc'in       yaem       intcee      Lamundja6       djail 
will  be  |  here,"  |  he  said     they  say.  |  "Deer  |  will  be  many  |  here," 

tc'in      yaem      nom      Lamundja6      djan      tc'in     yaem      djan   IQ 
he  said  I  they  say.  I  ' '  Grizzlies  I  will  be  many  I  here, "  I  he  said     they  say.  I 

"Here 

ts'usnoe      nat'a€bundjae      tc'in      yacm      djan      Lcguc      La- 
mountain  |  will  stand  up, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.     ' l  Here  |  rattlesnakes  |  will 

be  many 

us  The  first  element  is  the  heart  or  vital  principle.  It  usually  has  a 
possessive  prefix.  Then  yis  tuk  must  mean  to  do  something  to  this  which 
results  in  death. 


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mun  djae       bi  nec  do  tel       La  niun  djae      tc  se6  tco       La  mun  djae 
water-snakes  |  will  be  many,  |  bull-snakes  |  will  be  many 

2  djari       di       ne€k'wut'       nee       ncobundja6        tc'in        yacm 
here.  |  This  |  land  on  |  land  |  good  will  be, "  \  he  said     they  say. 

kwiinteL       bundja6       tc'ibe       natguL6$L       yaem       gactco 
' '  Valley  |  will  be. "  |  Firs  |  he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Redwoods 

4   Lahata       natguL6$L      ya6ni       tc'ibe       dultcik       untc'wai- 
one  at  a  time  |  he  stood  up  along     they  say.  |  Firs,     yellow-pines,  |  maul  oaks 

tco       natguL6aL       yacni       nomyacts        noguLgax        yaeni 
he  stood  up  along  |  they  say.  |  Grizzly  small     he  threw  down  |  they  say. 

6  to      ntce6bundja6      tc'in      ya6m      to      neon  bundja6      djafi 
' '  Water  |  will  be  bad, ' '  |  he  said     they  say.     < <  Water  |  will  be  good  |  here, ' ' 

tc'in       ya6ni       bustclo       Lamundja6       djafi       tc'in       ya6m 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Owls  |  will  be  many  |  here ' '  |  he  said     they  say. 

8  busbuntc       Lamundjae       djafi       tc'in       ya€ni       tcllil       La- 
' l  Barking-owls  |  will  be  many  |  here M  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Screech-owl  | 

will  be  many 

mundjac      djan      tc'in      yacm      tcibowitc      djitcwots      La- 
here,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  " Little  owl,  |  grosbeak  |  will  be  many," 

10   mundja6      tc'in       yaem       tc 'us  saie  tcun       Lamundja6       dus- 
he  said  |  they  say.  j  "Bluejays  j  will  be  many,  |  grouse, 

tco       ductc      LonLgai       Lamundjac      djafi      ts 'us  noc  k 'wut ' 
quails,  |  wood-rats     will  be  many  |  here  |  mountain  on" 

12  tc'in      ya€nl      tcaLm      Lamundjae      tc'in      yaem      tcuntc'- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Varied  robins  |  will  be  many "  |  he  said  J  they  say.  | 

' '  Woodcocks 

gltco       Lamundja6       tc'in       yacm       buntcbul       Lamundja€ 
will  be  many "  j  he  said  |  they  say.  j  l '  Yellowhammers  |  will  be  many, 

14  tc'laki6        Lamundjac        tcuntc'baoa        Lamundja6        sei^- 

sap-suckers  |  will  be  many,  |  Lewis  wood-peckers  |  will  be  many.  |  Mockingbird 

tcundunni      tc'olaki      Lamundja6      tc'in      yacm      seLtc'61 
meadowlarks  |  will  be  many,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Herons 

16   Lamundja6      tc'6'       Lamundja6      ban  yd      Lamundja6      tc'in 
will  be  many,  |  blackbirds  |  will  be  many,  |  turtle-doves  |  will  be  many,"  | 

he  said 

ya6m       kwiyint       Lamundja6       tc'in       ya6ni        seLk'utdi 
they  say.  |  ' '  Pigeons  |  will  be  many, ' '     he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Kingfishers 

18  tonai       tc' be  bundja6       tc'in         ya6m         tcun  t  kuts  tse  tcim 
fish  |  will  catch, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Buzzards, 


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datcan€      L,amundjae      tc'ussaie      Lamundja€      djan      tc'in 
ravens  |  will  be  many,  |  chicken-hawks  |  will  be  many  |  here ' '  \  he  said 

yaem      nacoek'a      Lamundja6      djan      tc'in      ya€m      ts'iis-    2 

they  say.  I  ' '  Eobins  |  will  be  many  j  here ' '  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Moun 
tain  tall 

nocnes       dik'wut'       intcee        Lamundja*        tc'in         yaem 
this  on  j  deer  |  will  be  many"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

djan      kwunteLbundjae      tc'in      yaem      tc'ibeuyaets      bun-    4 
1 '  Here  |  valley  will  be, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Firs  small  j  will  be. 

d ja€       wan  t  'ae       n  tea'  bun  dja€       tut  buL       tot  buL       6 1  yats 
Some  |  large  will  be.  |  Kain  |  let  fall,  [  let  it  snow, 

6 16       a'       noya      tc'in       yacm      totbuldec      taonyan       to    e 
let  it  hail,  |  clouds  |  let  come,"      he  said  |  they  say.  |  "If  it  rain,  |  let 

streams  rise.  |  Water 

6  tea'       tcafi      ole      tutbul      neonyan      tok'unha      to      n- 
let  be  large.  |  Mud  |  let  become.  |  It  rains;  |  it  stops  increasing  |  it  stops 

raining.  |  Water  |  good 

con      naoledja*      nantya      yacm      hai      kalcae      tc'istcin-    8 
let  it  become  again."  |  He  came  back  |  they  say.  |  That  |  grow  |  he  made 

place 

dun      nan  t  ya      yac  ni 
he  came  back  |  they  say. 

clots      citLa117      nandaL      6duttgee      ka  leae  e  kwa  nan118  10 
"My  dog  |  my  back  |  come  along.   |  We  will  look."   |  Vegetation  had 

grown. 

to  nai      nas  de  le  kwa  nan      ca'  na€  ta'       se      gun  tea  Ge  kwa  nan 
Fish  [  had  become  j  creeks  in.  |  Eocks  |  had  become  large. 

n  gun  co  ne  kwa  nan      kakw      tc'qaL      yaem      kakw?      kowin-  12 
It  had  become  good.  |  Fast  |  he  walked  |  they  say.  j  ' '  Fast  |  walk 

yaL        clots       UL  tc'in       yacm        ne€        n  gun  cone  kwa  nan 
my  dog,"  |  he  told  him  |  they  say.  |  Land  |  was  good. 

kwunteL      slinekwanan      kal  cae  e  kwa  n^n      Leneehae      Lta'-  14 
Valleys  j  had  become.  |  Had  grown  up  |  all  |  different  kinds. 

k!      to      n  us  li  ne  kwa  nan      sakto€      slinekwanan      tcoyiha6 
Water  |  had  begun  to  flow.  |  Springs  |  had  become.  |  "Again 

to      beceaie      nifi      Lae      tainafi      tc'in      yaem      ts'ic      ka-  16 
water  |  I  try.   |  You,   |  too,      drink,"      he  said  |  they  say.   |  Brush  |  had 

grown  up. 


ii7  cit  La  means  literally  ' '  my  butt. ' ' 

us  The  suffix  kwa  nan  indicates  conclusive  evidence  of  something  which 
has  happened  without  the  knowledge  of  the  speaker. 


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l«aeekwanan       kakw      tc'qaL      yaem      ne€      c6egilaae      c- 
Fast  |  he  walked  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Land  |  I  made  good,  |  my  dog, ' ' 

2  lots      UL  tc'in      yaem      kt01o      kakw      kowinyaL      clots 
he  said  to  him  |  they  say,  |  his  dog.  |  ' '  Fast  |  walk,  |  my  dog. ' ' 

te'unt'aii        nest'ankwan        yaem        nadll6        nagi  sane- 
Acorns  |  were  growing  |  they  say.  |  Pine  cones  |  were  hanging. 

4  kwa  nan       nonktcun       nes  ya  ne  kwa  nan       tkoicts       nesya- 
Tar-weeds  |  were  ripe.  |  Chestnuts  |  were  ripe. 

ne  kwa  nan       k'ai«       n  cone  kwa  nan       tunnuc       etgayekwa- 
Hazelnuts  |  were  good,  j  Manzanita  berries  |  were  getting  white. 

6  nan119     Le  nee  hac     L  ta'  ki     n  co  ne  kwa  nan     t  ga  ya  mun     la  cee 
All  |  different  kinds  |  were  good,  |   for  eating.   (?)    |  Buckeyes 

n  gun  co  ne  kwa  nan      un  tcun      et  ci  ne  kwa  nan      L6  tco      nes- 
were  good.   |  Peppernuts   |  were  black,  j  Bunch  grass  |  was  ripe. 

8  da  ne  kwa  nan      a  dits      kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n$n      na  kwofi      bun  da- 
Grasshoppers  j  were  growing.  |  Clover  |  was  with  seed. 

ye  e  kwa  nan       cac  dun      n  gun  co  ne  kwa  n^ii      ts  'us  noc      kwi- 
Bear-clover  |  was  good.   |   Mountains      had  grown. 

10  y  a  ne  kwanan       se       kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n^fi       Lta'kl       tee  gay  an 
Kocks  |  had  grown.  |  Different  kinds  |  they  eat 

n  gun  co  ne  kwa  n^n       c  lots       co  I  dul  la  ae       to  nai      kwi  ya  ne- 
were  good.  |  ' '  My  dog,  |  we  made  it  good. ' '  |  Fish  |  had  grown 

12  kwa  n$n      tee  ga  mun      to  sle  dun      na  ni  de  le      gun  t  'e      L  ta'  - 
they  will  eat.  |  "Water-head-place  |  we  have  come  |  now."  |  Different  kinds 

ki      nes  ya  ne  kwan  n^n      na  hes  del6      yae  m      ktf  16     huL     nai- 

are  ripe.  |  They  went  back  |  they  say,  |  his  dog  |  with  him.  |  "We  will  go 

back, ' ' 

14  duL       tc'in       yaem        kakt^        ts'usno6         kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n^n 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Quickly,     mountains  |  have  grown," 

tc'in       yaenl       kwun  te  le  kwa  n$fi       nee       Loyacgaicts       kwi- 
he  said  j  they  say.  |  Flat  had  become  j  land,  j  Trout  |  had  grown. 

16  ya  ne  kwa  nan       to       n  con       n  gus  H  ne  kwa  n$n       kak?/?       ko- 
Water  |  good  |  was  flowing.   |  ' '  Fast  |  walk. 

win  yaL       L  ta'  ki       n  gun  co  ne  kwa  n^n        co  I  dul  la  Ge  kwa  n^fi 
Different  kinds  |  have  become  good,  |  we  have  made  them  good, 


The  root  is  -gai,  "white." 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Ktfp  Texts.  95 

clots      kowunsulle      nee      ngunc*>ne      ts'ie      nesyanekwa- 
my  dog.  |  It  is  warm.  |  Land  j  is  good. ' '     B .  iu  h  |  has  grown. 

n$n       L  ta'  ki        ka  leae  e  kwa  n$n       no;  m        gun  La  ne  kwa  n$n     2 
Different  kinds   j  have  come  up.   |  Grizzlies   |  ;rfave  become  many. 

t'akwilm        Le  kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n§,n        tc£.       n  gun  co  ne  kwa  nan 
Birds  J  have  all  grown.  |  Water  |  has  become  gooc!  , 

Lo'       kwi  ya  ne  kwa  nan      intcee      Lan      n/gaye      tc'egayan-    4 
Grass  j  has  grown.  |  Deer     many  |  walk  |  they  wilPiat. 

mun        Le  nee  hae        nes  ya  ne  kwa  n^n        Can        L  ta'  ki        Lo' 
All  j  have  grown.     Many     different  kinds  |  grass  ., 

ka  leae  e  kwa  n^fi         wun         do  bun  ne  kwa  nan         do  kwi  na  ye    6 
have  grown.  |  Some  |  were  small     could  not  grow 

wun        kwanari        Lcguc         gun  La  ne  kwa  n$n        binecdotel 
some  |  were.      Eattlesnakes  |  have  become  many.  |  Water-snakes 

gun  La  ne  kwa  n$n       ts'unteL       ta  te  'UL  ate  e  kwa  n$n       gfinLa-    8 
have  become  many.  |  Turtles  |  have  come  out  of  water  |  have  become  many. 

ne  kwa  n$n        Lan        L  ta'  ki        kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n%n        ts  'us  noc 
Many  |  different  kinds  [  have  grown.     Mountains 

kwi  ya  ne  kwa  n^n      kwunteL      slinekwanan      kaktr      gunyaL  10 
have  grown.     Valleys  |  have  become.  |  ' '  Fast  |  walk. 

to        taen^fi        nin        Lac        tain^n        tc'in        yacm        kwlo 
Water  |  I  drink.  |  You,  |  too,  |  drink, "  |  he  said  |  they  say  |  his  dog. 

gunt'e      namdulle      kundiintc      nasdulline      clots      ont-  12 

' '  Now  j  we  are  coming  back,  j  Close  |  we  are,  |  my  dog.  j  Look 

guc        de  k  'a        ts  'us  no6        kwi  y an  kwan        nes  y an        L  ta'  ki 
here.  |  Mountains     have  grown.     Have  grown  |  different  kinds. 

se        kwi  ya  ne  kwra  nan        ts'ie        kal  ca6  e  kwa  nan        Leneehae  u 
Stones  |  have  grown.  |  Brush  J  has  come  up.  |  All 

L  ta'  ki         nes  ya  e  kwa  nan         na  ni  duL  te  le         kun  un  dun  ne 
different  kinds  |  are  growing.  |  We  are  about  to  arrive.  |  It  is  near, 

clots      UL  tc'in      yaem      nacdactele      haidec      tc'in      yaem  16 
my  dog, "  |  he  said  to  him  j  they  say.     ' '  I  am  about  to  get  back  |  north ' '  j 

he  said  |  they  say, 

a  tc  'une      nac  dac  te  le       hai  dec       nac  dac  te  le       hai  dee      nac- 
to  himself.     ' ' I  am  about  to  get  back  |  north. "  \  "I  am  about  to  get  back  | 

north.  |  I  am  about  to  get  back 

dac  tele      haidee      tc'in      ya6m      atc'une  18 

north,"  |  he  said  |  they  say,  [  to  himself. 

kwun 

All. 


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III.—  TV  :.E  SECURING  OF  LIGHT. 
v     (First  Version.) 

no€n€aii      dinuk'      yaem      us  tun      yacm      disee 
His  head  |  he  placed  j  Jiuth  |  they  say.     It  was  cold  |  they  say.  |  West 

n6cncaii       yaem       us  tun       yacm       dide€       kwsle 

his  head  |  he  placed     i  icy  say.  |  It  was  cold  |  they  say.  |  North  j  his  head 

.v 

noefiean      yacm      us  tun      yaem      diduk'      kt#sie      noefiean 
he  placed  |  they  say.  |  3»t  was  cold  |  they  say.  |  East  |  his  head  |  he  placed 

4  ya«m        gunsuL        yaem        kwsie        t^yaetele120        k'atde6 
they  say.  |  It  became  warm  j  they  say  |  his  head.  |  '  '  I  shall  go  |  soon.  '  ' 

tc'ttesya      ya€m      naLgi      dic^n      ciyeebun      tc'in      yaem 
He  started  |  they  say.  |  "Dog  |  what  |  mine  will  be?"  |  he  said  j  they  say. 

6  Lan      Lta'kits      coe      beleaic      yaem      yaiintaiie      naneLtal* 
Many  |  all  kinds  |  in  vain  |  he  tried     they  say.  |  Mole  |  he  kicked  out 

yaem        dosdjiyane        tc'in        ya€m        naneLt$le        ya«m 
they  say.  |  "I  do  not  want  it/  '  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  kicked  out  | 

they  say, 

8  Lon  tc  '  gee  nects       di       kwuc       clo  bun       tc  'in       yae  ni       ka« 
long-eared  mouse.  |  f  '  This  |  I  guess  |  my  dog  will  be  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  I 

'  '  Come, 

kuc  wo'  n^L.     nes  dun  ne     Le€  nes  dun      c  wo'  nae  un     Lon      no- 
go.  |  It  is  far.  |  Night  far.  |  Are  you  hungry?     Squirrel  |  you  want 

10  tciyan        ucg^fi        do  ye        donodjiyane        tc'unt'aii        no- 
I  kill?"  i  "No.  |  We  do  not  want  it.  |  Acorns  |  we  want, 

djiyane        nakwofi        nodjiyane       ka€       kowo'duL       na- 
clover  |  we  want.  '  '  \  '  '  Come,  |  travel.  |  Swim  across.  '  ' 

12  no'  bic121       tc'ttesdel*       yacm       tc'gunduL       ya€m       doye- 
They  went  |  they  say.     They  went  along  |  they  say.  |  "I  am  tired. 

heee      nacyic122      no'  tic      tc'ele      ya€m      ka€      giduL      tc'in 
I  will  rest.  |  Lie  down."  |  He  sang  |  they  say.  |  "Come,  |  we  will  go,"  | 

he  said 

14  yaem      kunundunne      kwullucun      tc'in      yaem       nokwec 

they  say.  |  "  It  is  close  |  I  guess  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Your  feet 


120  The  verb  has  an  unusual  and  interesting  form  if  it  has  been  correctly 
recorded.    Either  te  se  ya  te  le  or  tu  cac  te  le  would  have  been  expected. 

121  The  root  is  -bie,  -bee.     Cf.  Hupa  -mee   (III,  240).     Hupa  does  not 
have  a  corresponding  form  -muw. 

122  The  root,  -yic,  is  probably  connected  with  a  monosyllabic  noun  mean 
ing  "breath." 


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neon       tc'ttesdel*       yacm       donadultcan       tc'gaL,       yaenl 
are  good?"  |  They  went  on  |  they  say.  |  He  did  not  eat  a  meal.  |  He 

walked  |  they  say. 

to      can      tangn      ya*m      kunundunne      kwullueuii      clots    2 
Water  |  only  |  he  drank  j  they  say.  |  "It  is  becoming  close  |  I  guess,  I 

my  dogs." 

yaiintan*      s'usk'ankwan      tcunwiye      tc'neLin*      wainyai 
Mole  |  had  built  a  fire  |  tree  under.  J  He  looked  at  it.  |  He  went  around 

wakw123       ts'uLsan       ya€m       da  mean       sul  gits  tin  gi       s'us-    4 
to  one  side;  |  he  saw  him  |  they  say.  |  "Who  is  he?"  |  "Lizard  it  is.  J  Fire 

he  has  built, 

k  'an  kwan      tciin       wi  tc  'une      te  'in      y a€  it        Lon  tc '  gee  nects 
tree  |  under,"  j  he  said     they  say  |  long-eared  mouse. 

wakt#       wai  duL       no  tc  'OL  san  uii       ye       sea  ne       no  no'  duL    6 
"One  side  |  we  will  go  around.  |  He  might  see  us."  |  "House  |  stands,  j 

You  stop  here. 

no  tc  'une       kun  nuc  yl c       ca       sug  gin  dee       u  Lol       k  'e  kit  to'  - 
To  you  j  I  will  tell.  [  Sun  |  when  I  carry  [  its  straps  |  you  must  bite  off. 

yac  bun       bui,       nun  e  gin  tel       noL  te  nac  bun       be  noL  kee  dec    8 
With  j  I  shall  carry  |  you  must  leave.  |  You  finish  when 

co'  qo  bun      n  huntc      buL     tc  'in     ya«  ni      djaii  hae      s5'  ti  bun 
you  must  poke  me  |  your  noses  j  with,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Here  | 

you  lie. 

k'adi6      guLgeledec      yiheduL      skee  10 

Soon  |  night  when  |  you  go  in  |  after  me. ' ' 

ye  tc '  gun  yai       yae  ni       tc '  si  tcun       ye  bie       do  c  dji  ya  ne 
He  went  in     they  say,  |  Coyote  |  house  in.  |  "  Not  I  want 

tc'an        ntuclaL        ctco        heue        yaetc'in        yacm        ctco  12 
food,  |  I  will  sleep,  J  my  grandmother."  |  "Yes,"  |  they  said  |  they  say.  | 

"My  grandmother 

cgaLtcos      watco      heue     naeae      si€      bie     tc'uskat'      ya«n- 
give  me  j  blanket."  |  "Yes,  |  here."  |  Head  |  in  it  j  he  covered.  |'"You 

sleep, 

to'  la  le      yac  n  to'  la  le    yae  n  to'  la  le     di  dji      tc  'us  wol      k  'fin-  14 
you  sleep  |  you  sleep."  J  "What  |  makes  noise?  |  Before 

nun       do  kwa  ni       yae  n  to'  la  le       yac  n  to'  la  le       ya€  n  to '  la  le 

it  did  not  do  that."  |  "You  sleep,  [  you  sleep,  |  you  sleep." 

nestcut       ctcaitc       ctco       ntuclaL       ne€ntcao       tesiyaye  ie 
"I  am  afraid  of  you,  j  my  grandchild."   |   "My  grandmother,   |  I  was 

dreaming,  j  country  large  |  I  have  traveled. 


123  This  adverb  and  the  prefix,  wa-,  in  the  preceding  word  do  not  occur  in 
Hupa  unless  it  is  that  used  in  verbs  of  giving,  etc.  (Ill,  44). 


98  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

do  yl  he6  e      yae  n  to'  la  le      yac  n  to'  la  le      ya€  n  to'  la  le      yae  n- 
I  am  tired."  |  "You  sleep,  |  you  sleep,  |  you  sleep."  |  They  slept, 

2  tes  lax       ya6  ni       LOII  tc '  gec  nects       nan  t  ya       yae  ni       kwuntc 
they  sa/.  |  Long-eared-mice  |  came  back  |  they  say.  |  Their  noses 

buL      ts'usqot      yaem      kae    beniLkece      tc'in      yaem      Lon- 
with  |  they  poked  |  they  say.  |  "Well,  |  I  have  finished"  |  he  said  |  they 

say,  |  long-eared-mouse. 

4  tc '  ge6  nects      6  daie      tc  'e  na'  duL      tc  'in      yae  ni 
' '  Outside  |  you  go, "  j  he  said  |  they  say. 

nuns'usdukk'e6      yacm      ca      nuns 'us  gin      yacm      tc'e- 
He  got  up  |  they  say.  |  Sun  |  he  took  up     they  say.     He  carried  it  out 

6  11  gm         yae  m         kae         §L  te         na  kuc  dun  nae         yai  in  tan6 
they  say.  |  "Well,  |  come  on,     we  will  run."  |  Mole 

ts'uLsan      ya«m      ca      tegin      tc'in      yacm      sulglts      ts'uL- 
saw  them  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Sun  |  he  carries, "  j  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Lizard  | 

saw  them 

8  san       yacm       ca       teginkwan       tc'in       yaem       tcun       nun- 
they  say.  |  ' '  Sun  |  he  has  carried, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Stick  |  he  took  up 

s 'us  tan       yaem       ye       naneLgal       yacm       tc'yantc       nun- 
they  say.  |  House  |  he  beat  on  |  they  say.  |  Women  |  got  up 

10  s'ustk^ai6         nakkaehac         kuctesnai         yacm         tc' si  tcun 
both.  |  They  ran  |  they  say.  j  Coyote 

kwun  tes  yd      yae  ni      kwun  I  yol      ya€  ni      kakto      kuc  wo'  naL 
they  chased  |  they  say.  j  They  followed  him  |  they  say.  |  ( '  Fast     run, 

12  clots       tc'in       ya€m       UL tc'in       yacm       kwlo       doyihe€e 
my  dogs, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  told  |  they  say  j  his  dogs.  |  ' '  I  am  tired 

gun  t  'e      tc  'in      ya€  ni      tc '  si  tcun      ye  lin  duil      kun  un  dun  ne 
now,"  |  he  said  |  they  say,  |  Coyote.  |  "Yelindfm  |  is  getting  close," 

14  tc  'in       yae  ni       to  L  cune  kwot       hai       k  'wut  ta'        kun  dun  ne 
he  said  j  they  say.  [  "Black  water  creek  |  this  |  country  |  close 

ylye      dl      nesundun      ye      seane      tc'in      ya6m      UL  tc'in 
there  |  this  |  far  |  house  |  stands,"  |  he  said  I  they  say.     He  told 

16  ya€  m      kw  16      ya  tcuL  sai  k  'wut '      bes  gin      yae  ni      st  '6C      coe- 
they  say  |  his  dogs.  |  YatcuLsaik 'wut '   |  he  carried  it  up  |  they  say.   | 

' '  Nearly  |  I  made  it  good, 

gllaoe       haiyi       yac  tc'in       yacm       heue       st'6€       coegulla- 
that,"  |  they  said  |  they  say.  |  "Yes,  |  nearly  |  you  made  it  good. 

18  Ge  kwa  nan       do  be  non  sun  kwan  nail       non  del6       ya«  nl       tc  '- 
You  were  not  hiding  it. "  |  They  stopped  |  they  say  |  women. 


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yantc      se      6'  le      ha  ta'     no  no'  del  dun  hae      se      6'  le      ha  ta' 
"Stone  |  you  become  |  there  |  where  you  are  sitting,  |  stone  |  become."  | 

There 

S3       slinc      yaem       dokegines      yaem       se      slinnut      hai-    2 
stone  |  they  became  |  they  say.  |  They  didn  't  speak  |  they  say,     stone  |  they 

became  because.  |  Up 

duk'124        tc'geL        ya«m        tk'an125        yiduk'        tk'an  dun 
he  carried  it  |  they  say.  |  Ridge  |  up  |  ridge 

kasgiii126       yaem       yebie       yenagutya       yaem       dodancoe    4 
he  brought  it  |  they  say.  |  House  in  |  he  went  again  |  they  say.  |  Nobody 

I  ko  ne      ye  bick '      nas  t  gets      yac  m      tc  'e  nan  t  ya      yae  m 
knew  it.   |   House  inside  |  he  looked  around  |  they  say.  |  He  went  out 

again  |  they  say. 

c  tug  gun  fats      yaem      di      kaj  dac  bun  djac      hi      gulkaL-    6 

He  sliced  it  up  |  they  say.  |  ' '  This  |  shall  come  up  j  the  |  is  going  to  be 

day  when. 

dee      di       a  tee  ge  gut  cuk127       olylbundja*      kwetnun      kal- 
This  |  atcegegutcuk  |  shall  be  called  |  afterward  |  shall  come  up. 

dacbundja*         sunLants          kal  dac  bun  djae          c  tug  gut  t 'as    8 
Sunlantc  |  shall  come  up."  |  He  sliced 

yacm      Lan      c  tug  gut  t 'as      yaem      Lan      goyane€      bundjae 
they  say  |  many.     He  sliced  |  they  say  |  many.  |  ' '  Stars  |  shall  be 

di       tc  'in       yae  ni       ya  eac       ya'  bic  uii€       go  ya  ne€       yae  m  10 

these"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  put  up  [  sky  in  |  stars  |  they  say. 

iiutdo6      sutta6      coetc'ullaG      di      ca      ka  nac  bun  djae      dl- 
All  gone,  j  First  |  he  fixed,  j  '  *  This  j  sun     shall  come  up  |  east. 

duk'      k'enacbundjae      ca      u  na  na  dac  bun  d jae      ca      tc'in  12 
It  shall  go  down.  |  Sun  |  shall  go  around  |  sun,"  |  he  said 

ya«nl       di       Lee       nagaibundjae       unanadacbundja6       ca 
they  say.  |  ' '  This  j  night  |  shall  travel,  j  It  shall  go  around.  |  Sun 

suLbundjae      nagai      ustunbundja6      di      nakkae  14 

shall  be  hot.  |  Moon  |  shall  be  cold,  |  these  |  two. ' ' 

c  tae       di  co€       dac128       c  no  dun129       wun  toL  guc  uil       c  nan 
"My  father  |  something  |  up."  |  "Keep  still.  |  Might  be  frightened."  | 

' '  My  mother 

124  The  direction  is  west,  hai  duk'  meaning  up  hill,  not  east  as  it  often 
does. 

125  Cf .  Hupa  duk  kan. 

126  Cf .  bes  gin  above  used  of  the  start  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain. 

127  The  name  of  certain  bulbs,  probably  growing  in  clusters. 

128  Most  likely  incomplete  because  of  the  interruption. 

129  "  Shut  up, ' '  was  the  only  meaning  obtained.     Its  relations  are  quite 
unknown. 


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dlc6e      kaleaekwaii      on  t  guc      dek'a      abi      yenundac      na- 
something  |  has  grown.  |  Look  [  there."  |  "Stop,  |  come  in,  |  lie  down 

again. ' ' 

2  nun  tuc      on  t  guc      di  coc      kaL  ^uts      tc '  yantc      stm      yac  n! 
' '  Look,  |  something  |  is  coming  up. ' '  \  Woman  |  lay  |  they  say. 

nilc      cn^n      didji      tc'guctci€      Leufi      heuc      nununduk- 
"Say,  |  mother  |  what?  |  It  is  getting  red."  |  "So  it  is.  |  Yes.     Get  up." 

4  k  'e€       c  nan       on  t  guc       Leun  hac       ts  'us  noe       us  sail       y  u  I 

' '  My  mother,  |  look. "  \  ' '  So  it  is.  |  Mountains  |  I  see.  |  Over  there, 

Lae      n  con  uil  gi      tc '  gus  tcic      n  gun  con  un  gi      c  nan      di  co€ 
too,  |  it  is  beautiful.  |  It  is  dawning.  |  It  has  become  beautiful."  |  "My 

mother,  |  something 

6  kas  yai        c  n$n       ts  'us  no€       de  luo       n  tea'  un  gi        qal  un  gi 
is  coming  up.  |  My  mother,  |  mountain  |  burns,  |  large  it  is.  |  It  moves, 

cn$n      ndulm€ungi      ctac      diki      yoi      caufigi      k'egun- 

my  mother,     we  can  see."  |  "My  father,  |  what  |  yonder  I"  |  "Sun  it  is."  j 

"It  is  going  down. 

8  nac  un  gi       ta  un  yai       tc  'in       yae  ni       k  'wun  nun       kw§n  t  'I 
It  went  in  the  water, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Yesterday  |  it  did  the  same. 

n  tut  dul  laL      c  kik      tee'  sut      di  coe      kas  yai      o'  t  guc      c  tae 
"We  will  sleep.  |  My  boys."   j  "Wake  up.  |  Something   |  is  coming  up,   j 

look.  |  My  father, 

10  diki       kas  yai       on  t  guc       do       nagai       ant'e       uwe       qal- 
what  |  comes  upf  |  Look."  |  "No.  |  Moon  |  it  is."  |  "O  yes.  |  It  moves. 

ungi130      ctae      k^L«uteungi       cta€      tcoyihac      tc'guctci*- 
My  father  |  it  is  coming  up.  |  My  father  |  again  |  it  dawns. 

12  ungi       ctae       higuLkalungi       yiskanungi       nagai       yoyl- 
My  father  |  day  breaks.  |  It  is  daylight.  |  Moon  |  is  up  there. 

haeufigi      ctae      mikts      qal  ungi      k'egunnac      cta€      heue 
My  father  |  slowly  |  it  moves.  |  It  goes  down,  |  my  father. "  j  ' '  Yes, 

14  k 'e nac tel ungi       coegilaGe        nagai        k'enacbuii       nakkae 
it  will  go  down     I  fixed  it.  |  Moon  |  will  go  down."  |  Two 

djm      s'ustiil      tc'sitcun      ya€ni 
days  |  lay  j  Coyote  j  they  say. 

kwun  L§,n. 
That  is  all. 


He  notes  the  fitness  of  the  name  "  traveler. : 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  101 


IV.— THE  SECURING  OF  LIGHT. 
(Second  Version.) 


disee      kwsie       n6ncan       yaem       didee       kwsie      n6neqn 
West  j  his  head  |  he  placed  |  they  say.  [  North  |  his  head  j  he  placed 

yaem       dinuk'       kw?sie       nonean       yaem       diduk'       kwsle  2 
they  say.  |  South  |  his  head  j  he  placed  |  they  say.  j  East  |  his  head 

n6iieafi       yaem       gunsuL       yaem       kwsunda*       onasllale 
he  placed   |   they  say.   |  It  became  hot   |  they  say   |   his  forehead.  |   "1 

dreamed 

ca        diduk'        tc'ttesya        yaem        Lon  tc '  gee  nectc        tak'  4 
sun. J '  |  East  |  he  started  |  they  say.  |  Long-eared  mice  j  three 

s'uLsaii      yacm      klo      tc'tteLtm      yacni      stci«      nolsutde 
he  found  I  they  say.  |  His  dogs  |  he  took  along  J  they  say.  |  "My  heart  J 

falls 

tak'      clo      isani      tc'tteLtm      yaeni      ca      6  ye      tc'ninya  6 
three  |  my  dogs     I  find."  [  He  took  along  |  they  say.  |  Sun  |  under  |  he 

came 

yacm     beL     k 'e  tcin  nac  bun     nandacbuii     cunqobun     nuntc 
they  say.      "Ropes  |  you  must  bite  off,  |  you  must  come  back,  j  you  must 

poke  me  j  your  noses 

buL     watco      waean     tc'oLyoL      yaem      nto' lale      nto'lale  $ 
with. ' '  |  Blanket  |  through  |  he  blew  |  they  say.  |  ' '  You  sleep,  you  sleep. ' ' 

didaun       tc'ttesgin       yaem        ca       tegine       tcin  na  ye 
From  the  east  |  he  carried  it  |  they  say.  j  ' '  Sun  |  he  is  carrying ' '  \  one 

says. 

bagun       tc'ninya        yacm       st'6e        cogilaae        benonsiin-  10 
Coast  |  he  came  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Nearly  |  I  fixed  it. ' '  \  "  You  were  hiding  it. 

kwan  un  gi        se        5'  le  bun        hai        so'  yin  dun  hae        tes  gin 
Stones     become    the     you  stand  place. ' '  \  He  carried 

yae  ni      ca  12 

they  say     sun. 

kaldac      a  tci  gut  tcuk  tco       sunLans     suttuldac     goyane* 
' '  Morning  star  |  atciguttcuktco,  |  sunLans,  |  evening  star,  |  stars. ' ' 

s'usda     yacm      k^tcie      nanca      yaem      nagai      ca      bent 'a  u 

He  sat  |  they  say.  |  His  mind  |  moved  about  |  they  say.  |  ' ( Moon,  |  sun,  | 

you  fly  up 

yabiek'      be  nun  La      goyane6      Ledun      kasunyacbun      k'e- 

sky  in.  |  You  jump  up  |  stars.  |  Morning  |  you  must  come  up,  |  you  must 

go  down, 


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ninyaebun       nec      bi  na  him  dac  bun       diduk'       Ledun       ka- 
world  I  you  must  go  around.  |  East  |  morning  |  you  must  come  up  again. 

2  na  sundae  bun       candi  mimdja* 
Sunshine  shall  be." 

skits      tc'enunya     yaem      6da.ie      didjl      stae      tc'yantc 
Boy  I  went  out  |  they  say,  |  outside.     "What,  |  my  father?"  |  Woman 

4   tc'enunya        yacm        goyanee       ka leae kwafi un gi        yabiek' 
went  out  |  they  say.  |  "Stars  |  have  sprung  forth  |  sky  in." 

Le  nee  ha      kwa  ca      yae  ni      L  ta'  kr 

All  |  gare  him   |  they  say  |   different  things. 


V.—  THE  STEALING  OF  FIRE. 

kwofie      ndoc      yaem      kwonc      ndoehut      ski      natcul131 
Fire  |  was  not  |  they  say.  |  Fire      was  not  when  |  boy  |  orphan 


gulgec        ya*m        tc'elgal        yacm        tee'        yaeni        tesme 
was  whipped  |  they  say.  |  He  was  thrown  out  j  they  say.  |  He  cried  |  they 

say.  |  He  looked 

8  yaem      kwone      s€am     tc'in     yacm      kwofi*      ussan      tc'unn! 
they  say.  |  "Fire  |  lies,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "  'Fire     I  find'  |  he  says. 

ski      dan  tci      OL  gee      tc  'e  no*  yas      6?  t  guc      tc  'en  yai      ta  tcl 
Boy  |  who     whipped  ?  |  Go  out.  |  Look.  "  |  He  went  out.  |  '  '  Where 

10  kw6n«       ulsan       dldee       kwoil6       ussan       on  t  guc       6'tguc 
fire  |  did  you  see?"  |  "North  |  fire  |  I  saw.  |  Look."  |  "Look, 

Le  nee  hae       ski       kwone       yiL  san  kw^,n       Leun  ha€       o  no'  l^n 
all.     Boy  |  fire  |  has  found."  |  "So  it  is.     Go  after 

12  kwone       tatci       tc'sitcun        kwato'yac        tc'lelintc       tatci 
fire.  |  Where  |  Coyote?  |  Go  for  him.  |  Humming-bird  |  where? 

kwo  no'  l^n      kae      tc  le  lintc      tc  '  nun  yai      tc  '  si  tcun      tc  '  qal 
Get  him."  |  "Well,  |  Humming-bird  |  came.  |  Coyote  |  walks." 

14  la*L  bac  un      to'  yas      kwoii6      6  no'  Ian 
'  '  Ten  |  go.  |  Fire  |  get.  '  ' 

tc't  tes  yai       yae  ni       tc  '  nun  ya       ya€  ni       cic  blc       kwa  nee 
They  went  |  they  say.  |  They  arrived  |  they  say  |  Red  mountain.  |  His 

arms 

16  ts'usla      yaem      kwoii6     k'wut'     djlkwofitco     kwon€      k'wut' 
be  held  around  it  |  they  say.  |  Fire  |  on  |  Spider  |  fire  |  on 


131  The  word  seems  to  be  used  of  one  entirely  without  relatives. 


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s 'us  tifi      yaem      tc'nulkut      yaem      tc' si  tcun      acoeulleM32 
lay  |  they  say.     They  arrived  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Coyote     dress  yourself. ' ' 

atcoucle'      tcun      unoe      tc'in      yaem      heue      tc'in      yaem     2 
"I  will  dress  myself  |  tree  |  behind,"   |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Yes,"  ] 

he  said  |  they  say. 

ki(/sie       nes       slinkwan       ya€m       a  dee  tc  'us  Lo  kwan       yaeni 
His  head  |  long  |  had  become     they  say.  |  He  had  girded  himself  |  they 

say. 

6'  t  guc       s  gae       ci  yee       cun  dutc       tc  'in       yae  m       tc  le  lintc    4 
'  *  Look  at  |  my  hair  |  mine,  |  cousin, "  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Humming 
bird, 

kac       nm       a  coe  ul  le'       he  ue       tcu  noc       L  tso       s  'us  lin  kwan 

come,  |  you  |  dress  yourself. "  |  "  Yes,  |  tree  behind. ' '  |  Blue  |  he  had  become 

y ae  ni       L  tcik      us  le'       tc  'in       yae  m      tc  le  lintc       co'  tug  guc    6 
they  say.  |  "Bed  |  I  am,"  |  he  said  |  they  say,  |  Humming-bird.  |  "Look 

at  me." 

kac      nodoe      oLk'an      nucdac      kwone      ndoiungi      tatcika 
"Well,    I   go  ahead,       build  a  fire,      I  will  dance."       "Fire      is  not."   I 

"Where? 

k'un      kwone      ndulme      tc'in      yaem      nucdac      Leneeha€    8 
Just  now  |  fire  |  we  saw,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  will  dance  j  all 

c  noL  me       tc '  do'  le        yi  ban  tak '        tc '  do'  le        ca        nuc  dac 
look  at  me.  |  Sing  |  eight  |  sing  |  for  me.  |  I  will  dance," 

kac  gun  t  gun  m133      he  ue      ya6n      yac  ni      Le  ne6  hae      nun  yai  10 
he  exhorted  them.  |  ' '  Yes, ' '  \  they  said  |  they  say.  |  All  |  came. 

tc' gun  dac      yaem       gunt'e      kwonc134      qal      tcun      nadoL- 
He  danced     they  say.  |  Now  |  fire  |  walked.  |  "Wood  |  pile  up." 

€ae       heuc      tcun       natguLeaie       tc' gun  dac       yaem       tc'si-  12 
"  Yes."  j  Wood     was  piled  up.  |  He  danced  |  they  say,  |  Coyote. 

tcuil        tele  lintc        tcun        natguLeaie        ulaie        tc'nesda 
Humming-bird  |  wood  |  piled  up  |  its  top  |  he  sat 

yacni       tc'sitcuii       kwdlce*       tcuLnat'       nakaehac       yaem  14 
they  say.  |  Coyote  |  his  shoulders  j  licked  |  both  |  they  say. 

kwofi6        doslan        dikwan        ya«ni        tele  lintc        tc'sitcM 
Fire  |  did  not  laugh  j  what  he  did  j  they  say.  |  Humming-bird  |  Coyote 


132  This  and  the  following  word  consist  of  the  reflexive  a  t(d)-;  co€,  well; 
a-,  verbal  prefix ;  root  -le,  to  do.  The  t  seems  to  drop  in  the  imperative  form. 

iss  kac,  plural  third  person  of  the  pronoun;  gun,  postposition;  tgunm  = 
Hupa  du  wen  ne.  The  word  is  said  to  be  usually  employed  of  public  speak 
ing. 

is*  In  the  use  of  "fire"  for  dji  kwon  tco,  its  possessor,  we  may  see  a 
figure  of  speech  or  an  actual  identification  of  the  two. 


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L  tc  'uiic       ke  nee       m  dac  dee        kwone       tc  'CL  tac  bufi       tc '  Si- 
together  |  talked  |  "I  dance  when  |  fire     you  must  carry  out."  |  Coyote 

2   tcuii      tc' nun  dac      kwtcok      s'usnat'      yaem      kwofi6      tc'- 
danced.  |  His  testicles  |  he  licked  |  they  say.  |  Fire  laughed 

gullan      yaem      tclelintc      kw6fic      tc'eiLtan      yaem      s'us- 
they  say.  |  Humming-bird  |  fire  |  he  took  out  |  they  say.  |  He  built  a  fire 

4  k  'an        yae  m        na  gul  kal        hai  dae  un        yac  m        ts  'us  noe 
they  say.  |  He  walked  back  |  from  the  north  |  they  say.  j  Mountains 

stuggunLul      naguLLUL      yacm      haidaeun      Leneehae      na- 
he  set  on  fire.  |  He  burned  over  |  they  say.  |  From  the  north  |  all  |  people 

G  nec       kwone       ye  teL  tan       yac  m       n  con       kwae  la  Ge       tc '  si- 
fire  |  took  |  they  say.  |  "Well  |  he  did  |  Coyote 

tcufi       kwone       tclelintc       neon       kwaelaoe       kwone       k't- 
fire.  j  Humming-bird  |  well  |  he  did  |  fire  |  he  stole. ' ; 

8  teLtcode       dinuk'       tunLut       tc'sitcun        nanec        Lene€- 
' '  South  |  you  burn,  |  Coyote.  |  People  |  all 

hac      kwone       biyeebun       heuc     kacbl6       tucLuLdja6      yok' 
fire  |  theirs  |  wiU  be."  |  "Yes,  j  tomorrow  |  I  will  burn."  |  "Way 

10  nec        unanunLubbun        yaekw6Ltc'in        yaem        tc'tteLut 
earth  |  around  you  must  burn,"  j  they  told  him  |  they  say.  ]  He  burned 

along 

yacm       ot'ukw?       gunt'e       neeL€ut       naniLutde       Leneeha€ 
they  say.  |  * ( Way  back  |  now  |  earth  middle  |  we  have  burned,  j  All 

12  kwon«        yeteLtane        tc'in        yaem        gunt'e        namdulle 
fire  |  have  taken, "  |  he  said     they  say.  j  ' '  Now  |  we  are  getting  back. 

kaku?      gunyaL      kundunne      igilutungl      heue      nan!  dele- 
Quickly  |  walk.  |  Close    we  are  burning."  |  "Yes,  |  we  are  getting  back. 

14  kwannf|n      namdele 
We  are  back." 

kwun  La.fi 
All. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  105 


VI.— MAKING  THE  VALLEYS. 

kwiyan         tc'y^nk'ucts          Leneehae         diban         intcee 
Old  men,  |  old  women,  |  all     to  other  side  J  deer 

6tc'une      nasan*      yaem      Lan      ckik135      nd<  ilbuii136       Lae-     2 
to  them  |  moved  |  they  say    many.  |  ' '  My  children  |you  must  stay.  |  One  only 

hae      n  he  OL  ka  kwic137      yiskanit'      takwiLt^n      yacm      guL- 
we  will  pass  the  night. ' '  |  Daylight  when  |  they  were  not  home  |  they  say.  | 

It  was  evening 

gele      ya€m      tea  kw  guL  gele      yaem      yiska^i      yaem      tco-    4 
they  say.  |  It  was  very  dark  |  they  say.  |  It  was  day  |  they  say.  |  Again 

yihae      yiguLkaL      yaem      s  dji  don  sut  di138      yaetce'      yaeni 
it  was  daylight,  j  they  say.  |  ' '  I  am  lonesome, ' '  \  they  cried  |  they  say. 

cot       nayaiLk'an       yacm       kwone       uLgullut       yaehesifie    6 
In  vain  |  they  built  a  fire,  j  they  say  |  fire.  J  It  was  evening  when  |  they 

looked, 

yacm       djinhut       6  nan       kwae        6tae        kwae        dona  nee 
they  say;  |  day  time,  J  mother     for  |  father  |  for.  |  Did  not  come  back 

ya«  ni  8 

they  say. 

ndutdac       tc'in       yaem       k 'I  leaks       kwiyants       t'ekts 
'  *  Let  us  dance, "  |  he  said  |  they  say,  |  ' '  boys  |  larger  boys  |  girls. ' ' 

he  uc      tc  'in      yae  ni      Lan    to?  yas      n  dut  dae      tc  'in      yae  ni  10 
'  *  Yes, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Many  |  come,  |  we  will  dance "  |  he  said  | 

they  say. 

se  e  duntc      tc  'e  gul  lec      yac  ni       de      no'  yas       c  kik      t  'ekts 
Sparrow-hawk  |  sang  |  they  say.  |  ' l  Here  |  come  |  my  boys  |  girls 

de      noL  kut      tc  'in      yae  m      n  gun  dac      ya«  ni      Lan      c  n^ii  12 
here  |  come,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  They  danced  |  they  say,  |  many.  | 

"My  mother 

do  hae  na  un  t  ya  ye         ctae         do  hae  na  un  t  ya  ye         ndutdac 
you  haven 't  come  home.   |  My  father,  |  you  haven't  come  home.  |  We  will 

dance." 

Lan      yiL  kai      se  e  duntc     kt(;  sie  dae      t  'ae      waL  k  'uts      yae  ni  14 
Many  |  days  |  sparrow-hawk  |  his  head  |  feather  |  put  in  |  they  say. 


135  Cf.  Hupa  xexaix,  "boys"  (I,  164,  16). 

ise  The  root  is  -II,  used  in  the  plural  only. 

137  Literally  "night  will  pass  for  us,"  n  he  being  used  as  object  not 
subject,  and  the  verb  being  clearly  active  in  form.  Cf.  the  Hupa  use  of 
verbs  from  the  root  -weL  -wil  -WIL  with  the  same  meaning  except  that  -weL 
is  used  of  darkness  and  -ka  of  the  dawn. 

iss  The  last  half  of  the  word  is  of  uncertain  connection,  the  first 
part  is  "my  heart. ' ' 


106  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

nun  dac  kwan  tun       Lee       djinhut       yaen!       tutdaeae       disee 
They  danced  |  night,  |  day-time  |  they  say.  |  l '  We  will  take  it  |  west 

2  kwun  teL  bie  une       nun  dac       t  gun  nais  can       yae  m       nee  n  cee- 
valley  in."  |  They  danced.  |  They  turned  around  [.they  say,  |  Mud  springs  in. 

tcobiel3°      to      notc'uLtal      yaem      haisee      yitesean      yacm 
Water  j  they  kicked  out  |  they  say.  |  Down  hill  |  they  took  it     they  say. 

4  sais  ean  bic      n  gun  dac      yae  m      t  gun  nais  ean      yae  m      hai  dee 
Sand  in     they  danced  |  they  say.  |  They  turned  around  |  they  say.  |  North 

yites^n       yaem        kwunteLtsbie        haibanhae        nainuncan 
they  took  it  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Valley  small ' '  \  the  other  side  |  they  took  it  across 

6  yac  ni       hai  dae  un       yl  dae  un       yi  tes  ean      yae  m       ko  wun  teL 
they  say,     from  the  north.  |  From  the  north  |  they  took  it  |  they  say.  | 

Level 

kwee      buL      naisean      yaem      kwun  teL  biek'       dinuk'       yi- 
feet  I  with   |  they  took  it  around      they  say.  |  Valley  in  |  south  j  they 

took  it 

8  tesean       ya€m       yinuk'       yigae^L       yaem       tc'ufi       de  gut- 
they  say.  |  South  |  they  were  carrying  it  |  they  say.  |  Sound  |  they  heard 

ts  *$n      yae  ni 
they  say. 

10         s  kik       n  gun  dac  kwaii       do  hae       o  ts  'une       na  hes  siint  yai 
"My  children  |  have  been  dancing.     Not  |  to  them  |  you  went  home," 

tc'in      yaem      naltkut     yaem     nee      gun  teL      yaem      kwun- 
he  said  I  they  say.      They  came  back  |  they  say.  |  Ground  |  wras  flat  |  they 

say.  |  Valley 

12  teL      sline      yaem      dinuk'      kinnecgulsuL      yaen!      dinuk' 
became  |  they  say.  [  South  |  talking  was  heard  |  they  say,  |  south. 

di  duk '        kin  nee  gul  SUL        ya€  m        6  y acts        yae  tc  'o  SUL  san 
East  |  talking  was  heard  |  they  say.  |  Little  |  they  heard 

14  yaem       nutdoc       6  da6       kanaxts'I*       yaeni       di  dee       uda€ 
they  say.  |  It  was  gone.  |  Voices  |  they  heard  again  |  they  say.  |  North  j 

voices 

tulsuL       yaeni       ot'akto       yide€       6dae       gul  SUL       ya«m 
came  |  they  say.  |  Beyond  |  north  |  voices  |  came  |  they  say. 

16  nes  dun       6 1  'akw?       yi  dee       6  yacts       na  ya«  di  ts  'ea       yae  ni 
Far  |  beyond  |  north  |  little  |  they  heard  again  |  they  say. 

haGecdunc      6da«      yenaltsuL      yaenl      nut  do6      yaetc'6suL- 
Long  time  |  voices  |  come  again  |  they  say.  |  It  was  gone  |  they  heard 


139  nee  "land,"  n  cee  "bad,"  tco  "big,"  bic  "in";  a  large  mud 
spring  surrounded  by  mire.  This  spring  disappeared  after  the  earth 
quake  of  1906. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  107 

san      ya*ni      dinuk'      nesdun      6dae      gulsuL      yaem      ha- 
they  say.  |  South  |  far  j  voices  |  came  |  they  say.  |  Long  time 

GeedMe       6dae       yenaLtsuL       yaem        kwun  teL  tco  bie        hi-     2 
voices  |  came  again     they  say.  |  Bound  valley  in  |  south 

nuk'       6dac      yinaLtsuL      yaem       kol  gote  tco  bie       kwuntel- 
voices  |  came  |  they  say.  |  Little  Lake  |  valley  becoming  when 

te  lit       kwun  teL       n  tcao  te  lit       ha  Gee  dune       nun  dac       ya€  ni    4 
valley     to  be  large  when  |  long  time  |  they  danced  |  they  say. 

yo  yi  nuk '      nes  dun      n  gun  do6      y ae  ni      yo  k  'ufi      y 6  yi  nuk ' 
Far  south  |  far  away  |  it  vanished  |  they  say,  |  way  off  |  far  south. 

yinaun       oyacts       nadeguttsan       yaem       neek'wut'       nas-    6 
From  the  south  |  little  |  they  heard  again  |  they  say.  |  Land  on  |  it  was 

again  because 

linc  iit  kwan  hut       na  gut  tea'       yaem       tc'un       neeLeut       nas- 
it  was  big  again  |  they  say  |  noise.  |  World  middle  |  it  had  become  when 

linekwanhut       tc'un       gun  tea'       gunt'e       kundufi       naslifie    8 
noise  |  increased.  |  Now  |  close  |  it  became 

yac  ni      nai  ga  e^L      yae  ni      yi  na  uii      6 1  'qkw      yi  dec      nai  ga- 
they  say.  j  They  were  bringing  it  back     they  say.  |  From  the  south  |  beyond  j 

north  |  they  were  bringing  it  baclc 

eax       yaem       neeutcidun        haidaeuii        naiheseaii       yacm  10 
they  say.  |  "World-its-tail-place"  |  from  the  north  |  they  took  it  back  | 

they  say 

haidaeun       wun       gut  ti  yac       ya€m       wun       intce6       guile 
from  the  north.  |  Some  |  became  old     they  say.     Some  |  deer  |  became 

yaem       ots'inne       yacd6muii       yaem       tc' nun  nas       yaenl  12 
they  say.  |  Their  legs  "|  became  small  |  they  say.  |  They  ran  off  |  they  say. 

ts'iebie       nom       guile       yaem       kun  dun       nasline       yaenT 
Brush  in     grizzlies  |  they  became  |  they  say.  |  Near  |  it  became  |  they  say. 

ts'usno6       bita'       yegunnac       yaem       didacufi       kunduntc  14 
Mountains  |  among  |  they  went  in  |  they  say.  |  From  the  north  |  very  close 

nasliii6        ya€ni        tc'un        kinoldel        haiduk'        ye  gin  a  ie 

it  became  |  they  say.  |  Noise  |  went.  |  East  |  they  went  in 

yaem      yinuk'      yigunnac      yaem      hainukkV      seta' dun   10 

they  say.  |  South  |  they  went  in  |  they  say.  |  South  along  |  Eock  creek 

ye  gi  naie      yae  ni      n  gun  doe      yae  ni 

they  went  in  |  they  say.  j  It  vanished  I  they  say.  | 

kwun  T.aii 
All. 


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VII.— THE  PLACING  OF  THE  ANIMALS. 

skik      teLkut      yacm      nakkac      beL      tc'tteslai      yaem 
Boys  |  went  |  they  say,  |  two.  |  Ropes  |  he  carried  |  they  say. 

2  gul  k  'an      yac  m      kac  kits      na  tc  '6'  Lo      k  'I  lekts140      nak  kae- 
A  fire  was  |  they  say.  |  Old  man,  |  ' '  Set  snare  |  boys,  |  two  in  a  place 

taha     tc'6licdjae     nakka6     tcun     nadoLcaebun     nakkaenak- 
let  be  caught.  |  Two  |  sticks  |  let  stand  on  end. ' '  |  Four 

4  ka*141      tesdele      yacm      ts'icbic      natgutLon      yaem      tc'us- 
went  j  they  say.  |  Brush  in  |  he  set  snares  |  they  say.  |  He  caught 

li*142      yaem      La*      tcoyiha6      bun  t  gl  yot143      tc'usli*      yaem 
they  say  |  one.  |  Again  |  he  drove,  |  he  caught  j  they  say. 

6  ts'Ie        k'wunnocaii        yaem        dinuk'        tc'ttesm*        yaen! 
Brush  ]  on  he  placed  |  they  say.  |  South  |  he  looked  |  they  say. 

tco  yi  hac        ts  'I€       k  'wun  no  ean        yae  m        kae       wun  do'  eac 
Again  |  brush      on  he  put  |  they  say.  |  "Quick,  |  take  off 

8  ts'Ie       tc'in       yaem       tcoyihae        wundoteac        ts'ie        dee- 
brush,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.     "Again  |  take  off    brush."  |  Spike  buck. 

soctc144      tcoyiha6      delkucts145      wuntgiinean      yaeni      ckik 
Again  |  fawn  |  he  took  it  off  j  they  say.  j  Boys 

10  nanya        yaem        ta^  tci         tesya         dohaenantya         tc'in 
came  |  they  say.  |  "Where  |  did  he  go?  |  He  hasn't  come  back,"  |  he  said 

yae  nl       ta*  tci       Lae       do  hac  n^n  t  ya       tc  'in       yae  ni       ta?  tci 
they  say.  |  "Where  |  other  one  |  he  hasn't  come  back?"  |  he  said  |  they 

say.  |  "Where 

12  tc't tesya      ciyec      ckits      didee      tc't tesdele      tc'in      yaenl 
did  he  go,  |  my  |  boy?"  |  "North  |  they  went,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

kac      tuckee      dohae      kwee     ts'uLsankwan      yaem      kae      ci 
"Well,  |  I  will  track  him."  |  Not  |  track  |  he  found  j  they  say.  |  "Well,  |  I 


140  Cf.  Hupa  kilaxutc,  "boy"  (I,  360,  3). 

1*1  The  Kato  say  ' l  two-two ' '  instead  of  using  a  word  corresponding 
to  Hupa  dink. 

142  Cf.  Hupa  tcisloi,  "he  played"   (I,  144,  4). 

143  For  the  first  syllable  cf.  Hupa  min-  in  several  words  containing 
this  root  listed  on  page  221  of  Vol.  III. 

144  dee   "horn,"   -sos-  "pointed,"  -tc  "small."     The  s  of  the  second 
syllable  has  been  assimilated  by  the  following  c. 

140  Cf.  Hupa  dilleaxutc  "deer-skin"  (I,  230,  14)  used  in  a  dance,  but 
the  usual  word  for  fawn.  It  may  mean  spotted,  since  the  skins  used  in 
dances  are  often  from  deer  which  have  retained  their  spots  in  part. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  109 

La*       tuckee       ndoye       dohaeussan       tc'in       ya«m       nom 
too  I  will  track."  I  "There  is  none.  I  I  didn't  find  it/'  |  he  said  j  they 

say.  I  "Grizzly 

kwe*      ucsanne      tc'in    ya€m     nanec      kwe€      ndoye      tc'in     2 

track  |  I  found/'  |  he  said  j  they  say.  j  "Human  |  track  |  was  not"  |  he 

said 

yaem      na^ityai      d6haets'uLsan      kwec 
they  say.  |  He  came  back.  |  He  didn't  find  j  track. 

ta'  t'as       intcec       nakkae        con  con        kwa' la        intcee    4 
"Butcher  |  deer  |  two."  |  "Very  well  |  you  did  |  deer 

ckik      tc'in      yaem      wauncan      gulk'an      kwofie      but 'bun 

my  boys"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  gave  them.     Fire  was  |  fire.  |  "Stom 
ach  for, 

0  tell*  bun      tc'eLna*      bedulcaic      neon       guLcunne      tc'in     6 
its  liver  for  |  roast. "  |  "  Let  us  try  it.  |  Good  |  it  smells, "  |  he  said 

yaem      bete  guts      tc'gunal*      yaem      tc'gulkut'      nconne 

they  say.  |  He  bit  it.  j  He  chewed  it  |  they  say.  |  He  swallowed  it.  |  "It 

is  good. 

nin      san«ax;146      tc'in      yacm      kac      ci      beceaie      ci      tc'in    8 
You  I  put  in  your  mouth, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Well,  |  I  |  will  try  it,  j 

I "  |  he  said 

ya€m      tc 'n  naL  dun147      ci      beceaie      tc'in      yacm      ci       Lae 
they  say.  |  Te'naLdun  |  "I  |  I  will  try  it"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "I,  j  too, 

beceaie      tc'in      yacm      diun      escae      yacm      ci      Lae      bee-  10 

1  will  try  it, "  j  she  said  ]  they  say.     Up  there     a  row  was  I  they  say.  j  "I,  | 

too,  |  I  will  try  it. 

caie       ncoiiufigi       tc'in       yaem       tV       beceaie       ci       tc'in 
It  is  good"  |  she  said  |  they  say.     "Haw  |  I  will  try  it,  |  I"  |  she  said 

ya€m      Lac      tcoyiha6      tc'nnaLdufi      tc'in      yaem      ci      La«  ]2 
they  say.  j  Another  |  again  |  tc 'naLdun  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "I,  j  too, 

beceaie       te'in       yaem       ci       Lac       beccaie       tc'in         yaeni 
I  will  try  it,"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "I,  |  too,  |  I  will  try  it,"  j  she  said  j 

they  say, 

tc'nnaLdun      beccaie      ci      Lae      tc'in      yaenl      tc'yantc      ci  14 
tc'naLdun.  |  "I  will  try  it,  |  I,  |  too,"  j  she  said  |  they  say.  |  Old  woman,  I 

beccaie      tc'in       ya6m       k^ckitsta        ci        bec€aic         intcee 
will  try  it, "  \  she  said  |  they  say.     Old  men  |  ' ( I  |  will  try  |  deer 


146  Cf.  Hupa  prefix  sa-  with  identical  meaning  (III,  58). 

147  An  adolescent  girl  who  was  forbidden  meat  for  a  year  or  more 
by  usual  taboo  of  this  region.     Why  she  eats  meat  in  this  tale  is  ob 
scure,  but  it  may  be  so  told  to  emphasize  the  monstrosity  of  the  grizzly 
bear  people. 


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6sie      cl    Lac      beeeaie      but'      tc'in      yaem      ts'un      tuckaL, 
its  head  |  I  |  too,  |  I  will  try  |  stomach,"  |  he  said     they  say.  |  "Bone  |  I 

will  break 

2   blgee       tc'in       ya€m       kac       cl       utcge€        beceaic        tc'in 
marrow, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Well,  |  I  |  its  ears  |  I  will  try, "  |  he 

said 

yae  m      kac      cl      kwec      us  sut      kae      cl      6  soe      de  die  tun 
they  say.  |  ' '  Well,  |  I  |  feet  |  I  will  pound.  |  Well,  |  I  |  its  tongue  |  I  will 

put  in  fire 

4   kwoemie       tc'in       yaem        tc'ucqot'        osuts       tc'in       ya«m 
fire  in,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  will  stretch  |  its  hide,"  |  he  said  j  they  i" 

say. 

nakka*      osuts      ncone      clyee      t'ee      tc'in      yaem      tc'6'- 
"Two  |  hides  |  are  good,  |  my  j  blanket,"  |  he  said  |  .they  say.  |  "Pound 

6  sut         tc  'un  t  'an         bi  no'  Le' 148         k  't  dul  ts  'eo  bun         naL  gi 
acorns.  |  Soak  them,  j  We  will  eat  soup.  |  Dog 

ts'un       waeac       yog^c       tc'in       ya«m       no  in  y in       naLgl 
bones  |  give.  |  Let  him  chew  them,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  She  put  them 

down  |  dog 

8  yan      in  tcec      ts  'un      ta'  tci      buL      sk  V     tc  'in      yac  m      kac- 
ate  |  deer  |  bones.  |  "Where  |  with  |  mush?"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Give 

them ' ' 

gun  kac      tc  'in      yae  m      tc  'n  na  dul  yea      in  tcee      kwae      tc  'in 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  l '  We  will  drive  |  deer     for  him, ' '     he  said 

10  yae  ni      ban      to'  yac      k  V      to  bul  lut      k§,cts      to'  guc      te- 
they  say.  |  ' '  Many  |  go.  |  Arrows  |  carry.  |  Knife  |  carry  |  sack  in 

le€  ble      no'  €ac      tc  'in      ya6  ni      buL  g*ul  gus149      to'  tic      na  kae 
put  it,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fire-sticks  |  carry  |  two. 

12  OL  k  'an  bun         in  tcee        gut  tc  'a  ne        ta  gut  t  'ats  bun        tc  'in 
You  will  build  a  fire.  |  Deer  |  is  shot  |  will  be  butchered,"  |  he  said 

yacm      tcoyiha6     intcee      guttc'an      tcoyihae      intcee      gut- 
they  say.   |  Again  |   deer  |  was  shot.  |   Again  |   deer  |  was  shot 

14  tc'an       yaem       naLgT       toLtuc       intcee       yiLtcubbun       ta'- 
they  say.  |  "Dog  |  take.  |  Deer  |  he  will  catch.  |  Butcher. 

t  'as     tc '  wo'  buL     ye  bi€  ufie     tc '  yan  Id     ya  mufi     tc  'in     ya6  ni 
Carry  it  j  house  in.  j  Women  |  will  eat, "  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

16  tc  'CL  nae     n  to'  laL     in  tcec     u  ye     ya  do  go'  hec  e     tc  'in     yac  m 
"Cook  it.  |  Go  to  sleep.  |  Deer  |  under  |  you  are  tired"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 


i-ts  Cf.  Hupa  root  -LU  -Le  (III,  239). 

!*»  buL   "with"    and   a    root   corresponding   to    Hupa   -wis,   "to   twist, 
to  rotate"  (III,  227),  used  of  fire-making  with  the  drill. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  Ill 

ya6nt6*  gullaL       kacbie       so'  da  bun       kaebi€       tc'in       yaeni 
''Go  to  sleep.  |  Tomorrow  |  you  will  stay,  |  tomorrow,"  |  he  said  |  they 

say, 

nun  ka  t  'I  nun150       na'  kee       t  'e  ki       Le  nee  hae       na'  be       tc  'in    2 
chief.  |  "Bathe  |  girls  |  all  |  swim,77  j  he  said 

yae  ni       no  sle       te'  na  tcoL  de       tc  'in       yae  ni       kac  bie       c$n 
they  say.  |  ' l  Your  heads  [  wash, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  * l  Tomorrow  |  only 

ta  o'  yac  buii      hai  ban      se  k  'M      tc  'in      yae  nl      dun  dai      OL-    4 
you  will  live  by  the  river  |  after  that  |  Black  rock/'  |  he  said  |  they  say.  I 

'  *  Arrowheads  |  you  will  make ' 

tcl  bun      tc  'in      yae  ni      na  kwoii      tc  '6'  ya  mun      slus      tc  '6*  - 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Clover  |  you  will  eat.  |  Ground-squirrel  |  you  will 

eat. 

ya  mun       Lan       k  'un  ta  gits       tc  '6'  ya  mun       6  djie  OL  tuk  buii    6 
Many  j  jack-rabbits  |  you  will  eat,  |  you  will  kill, 7 ' 

tc  'in      ya€  ni      cac  dun      tc '  wo'  buL  bun      gul  kotc  tcun      tc  '- 
he  said  j  they  say.  |  "Bear-clover  |  you  will  carry.  |  (Angelica  |  you  will 

carry. 

wo'  buL  bun      hai  dae  un       tcl  gel  tcantc      tc '  wo  buL  bun     tc  'in    8 
From  the  north  |  (bulbs)   |  you  will  carry,"  j  he  said 

yaenl      ductco      6  djic  OL  tuk  bun    tc'in    yaem      oweci      wo?- 
they  say.  |  "Grouse  |  you  will  kill,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Eggs  |  you 

will  carry," 

guL  bun      tc  'in      yae  ni      ducts      we  ce      wo'  guL  bun      Lon  L-  10 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Quail  |  eggs  |  you  will  carry.  |  Wood-rats 

gai      Lan      o  djie  OL  tuk  bun      tc'in      yaem 
many  |  you  will  kill,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

ts'ufi      intcec      kac  kits       ts'un      tc'teLgal      ya€m       di-  12 
Bone  |  deer  j  old  man,  j  bone  |  he  threw  |  they  say,  |  east. 

duk'      ts'un      tc'teLgal      yaeni       dldee      ts'uii      tc'teLgal 
Bone  |  he  threw  |  they  say,  |  north.  |  Bone  |  he  threw 

ya«m       dinuk'       ts'ufi       tc'teLgal       yaem       bagun       noni  u 
they  say  |  south.  |  Bone  |  he  threw  |  they  say  |  coast,  j  "Grizzly 

diduk'       bundja6       tc'in       yaem       buttco       diduk'       bun- 
east  j  will  be,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Panther  |  east  |  will  be,77 

djae      tc'in      yacm      buts      diduk'      bundja6      tc'in      yacm  ie 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Wildcat  |  east  |  will  be,77  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

noni       dinuk'       bundjae       tc'in       yaem       buttc5       dinuk ' 
"Grizzly  |  south  |  will  be,77  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Panther  |  south 


150  The  Hupa  have  a  word  ninxaten,  meaning  "rich  man,  chief. 


112  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

bundja*       tc'in       yaenl       buts       dlnuk'        bundja6        tc'in 
will  be,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Wildcat  |  south  |  will  be,"  |  he  said 

2  ya'nl       bagun       buttco       bundja«       tc'in        yacm         nonl 
they  say.  |  ' '  Coast  |  panther  |  will  be, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Grizzly 

bundjae       baguri       tc'in       yaem       buts       bundja*       ba  gun 
will  be  |  coast/'  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Wildcat  |  will  be  |  coast," 

4  tc'in       yaem       sa' tco       dlduk'        slm*       yaenl         Ltsogufi 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  Fisher  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Fox 

dlduk'      slme      yaeni      laenes      dlduk'      sllnc      yaenl      tc'- 
east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Eaccoon  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Coyote 

6  sitcun      diduk'      slm«      ya«m      sle«Lk'ucts      diduk'      slinc 
east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Skunk  |  east  |  became 

yaenl       sis       diduk'       sllne       yaem       sa'ts       diduk'       slm€ 
they  say.  |  Otter  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Mink  |  east  |  became 

8  yaem      doll      diduk'      slmc      yaem      Leguc      diduk'      slme 
they  say.  |  Bear    east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Eattle-snake  |  east  |  became 

yae  nl       tc  sec  tco       dl  duk '        slln€       yae  ni        bl  nee  do  tel  tcin 
they  say.  |  Bull-snake  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Water-snake 

10  slm<      yacm      diduk'      t'adulk'uts      diduk'      slmc      yaeni 
became  |  they  say  |  east.  |  Milk-snake  |  east  |  became  |  they  say. 

sulglts       diduk'       slme       yaem       tc'ah^l        diduk'        slme 

Lizard  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Frog  |  east  |  became 

12  ya€  m       dul  lantc       dl  duk '      sllne      yac  nl       bee  lin      ts  'e  k  'e- 
they  say.  |  Salamander  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.     Eel,  j  day  eel, 

nects       LO  yacts       dl  duk '       slmc       ya«  nl       LO  yac  gaitc       da- 
sucker  |  east  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Trout,  |  hook-bill, 

14  tcaehal       ges      slmc      yacnl       diduk'       Lok'       sllne      ya«m 
black  salmon  |  became  |  they  say  |  east.  |  Steelhead  |  became  |  they  say, 

diduk' 
east. 


16         se      6' laii      ts'ufi      gasut      ts'ufi      6' sut      tc'in      yaem 
"Stones  |  get  |  bones  j  to  pound.  |  Bones  j  pound,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

n  co  ne      ts  'un      bl  ne€      of  sut      tc  'in      y a€  nl       qot '       6l  sut 
"  It  is  good.  I  Bone  |  back  |  pound, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.     ' '  Knee  |  pound, ' ' 

18  tc'in      yaenl      Lac      qot'     6' sut     tc'in      ya€nl      kwee      6' sut 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Other  |  knee  |  pound,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Foot 

pound, ; ' 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Ka-to  Texts.  113 

tc'in        yacm        6lae        6'  sut        tc'in       yaem        t'undunhae 
he  said  |  they  say.  J  "Its  hand  |  pound,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "All  the 

time 

6'  sub  bun       ts  'un       do  hae  tc  'n  daL  tue  bun        n  co  ne       in  tcee    2 
you  will  pound  j  bones.  |  Do  not  waste  them.  |  Are  good  [  deer 

ts  'un      tc  'in      yae  m      but '  di  tco      OL  tcufi      6  dji  k  'e€      6'  Lo 
bones,"  |  he  said  j  they  say.      "Stomach  |  clean  out.  |  Small  intestines  j 

braid. 

con       kwa'  Lin       6dee       tcunoteac       ts'icbic       yihe€ae       be-    4 
Well  |  do  it.  |  Its  horn  |  take  away.  |  Brush  in  |  take  them.  |  Hide  them. 

no'  sun       k  'wac       n  co  ne        in  tcee       k  'wae       tc  'in        yae  nl 

Tallow  |  is  good  |  deer  |  tallow,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

t'undunhae      6'  gaii      intcec      tc'in      yaem      kV      tcoLt'a    6 
' '  All  the  time  |  kill  |  deer, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Arrows  |  put  feathers. 

kacts       ta' cut       s'uLtifie       6' gas151        telee       6' Lo       tc'in 
Knife  |  make.  |  Bow  |  scrape.  |  Sack  |  weave,"  |  he  said 

yae  m       sie  bis  ean       6'  Lo        tc  'in        yac  m        ki  tsae         6'  Lo    8 
they  say.  j  "Head  net  |  weave,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Basket-pot  | 

twine, 7 ' 

tc'in      yacm      66est'      OLSUL      tc'in      yaeni      tc'usts      6'  Lo 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Pestle  |  peck,"  j  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Mill-basket  | 

twine, ' ' 

tc'in      yacm      tc'ga      6' Lo      tc'gats      6' Lo      tc'in      yacm  10 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Basket-pan  |  twine,  |  small  basket-pan  |  twine,"  | 

he  said  |  they  say. 

ki  tsae  tco        ki  tsae  yacts        6'  Lo        c  nee  tsel  in        buL  SUL  tci 
"Large   basket-pot    |   small  basket-pot    [   twine,   |   basket-dipper,   |   seed- 
beater 

6'  Lo       tc  'in       yae  m       ts  'al       6?  Lo       s  kits  yac        ba        tc  'in   12 

twine,"  |  lie  said  |  they  say.  |  "Basket-cradle  |  twine  |  baby  small  j  for"  | 

he  said 

yae  ni     in  tcee     6  dee     bie  teen  6an     dul  so     yac  ni     o  dec     yi  teL- 
they  say.  |  Deer     their  horns  |  they  shed  |  blue  |  they  say.  |  Their  horns  ! 

fall  off 

delc       kai  L«ut '       in  tcee        k 't  te  blle        na  tc  'us  gel         tc 't  tes-  14 
winter  middle.  |  Deer  |  they  gathered  up.  |  They  made  into  a  pack.  |  They 

carried 

gin      yae  ni      n^k  kac      te  gin      yae  ni      ye  dun      na  gin      tc  'eL- 
they  say.  |  Two  |  carried  it  |  they  say.  |  House  place  |  they  brought  it.  | 

It  is  roasted. 

naic       yae  gun  yafi       tc  'ek       yi  gun  yan        s  kits        ye  gun  yafi  16 
They  ate  it.  |  Women  |  ate  it.  |  Children  |  ate  it. 


Cf.  Hupa  root  -was  "to  shave  off,  to  whittle"  (III,  224). 


114  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

tc'geqot      usuts      yacm      beL      Lan      gutduts      yaem     Ida- 
They  stretched  j  its  hide  |  they  say.  |  Eope  |  much  |  is  twisted  |  they  say,  | 

(a  kind  of  rope) 

2  ki      Ida  din  tee      intcee      guttc'an      nakai      tesyai      yaem 
is  made  (I).  |  Deer  |  was  shot.  |  Alive  |  it  went  |  they  say. 

gultcat       yaem        telke6        intcee        yaem        6dec       ntcao 
They  shouted  |  they  say.  |  Was  tracked  |  deer  |  they  say,  |  its  horn  |  large. 

4  naLgl      yiLtcut      yaem      yeguntciin      yaem 
Dog  |  caught  it  |  they  say.  |  He  smelled  it  |  they  say.  | 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


VIII.— THE  SUPEENATUKAL  CHILD. 

skits      tee'152      ya€m      djm      nesdun      Lee      nesdiin      yi- 
Baby  |  cried  |  they  say.  |  Day  |  long,  |  night  |  long  |  it  got  light  when 

6  guLkalit      ski      tee'      yacm      tcoyiha*      yatguLtiic      yacm 
baby  |  cried  |  they  say.  |  Again  |  they  carried  it  around  |  they  say. 

da  t  ya  c$n      ski      yacn      yae  m      na  tc  '6'  buL      na  be      yaL  tcl 
"What  is  the  matter  [  baby?"  |  they  said  |  they  say.  |  "Take  it  again."  | 

It  swim  |  they  made 

8     yaem       kVutta       kaya€nte       yacm        6lacbl€k'153        kwee- 
they  say.  |  On  it  places  |  they  looked  |  they  say.  |  Its  hands  in,  j  its 

feet  in 

biek'      kaunte      ya€m       osie      k'wutta      kayaente      yacnl 
she  looked  |  they  say.  |  Its  head  |  over  |  they  looked  |  they  say. 

10  6tcgeebiek'        kayaente       yaenl        cglyale       nin       untan 
Its  ears  in  |  they  looked  |  they  say.  |  ' '  I  am  sleepy.  |  You  |  take 

ski       do  ski  ye  kwul  luc  ce       no  hin        5'  tan        c  gi  ya  le         hai 
baby.  |  It  does  seem  like  baby.  |  You  (plu.)  |  hold  it.  |  I  am  sleepy.  [  That 

12  kwunL^n      yiskan      dontuclale      no  hin      noLlne      cki      ci- 
many  |  days  |  I  have  not  slept.  [  You  (plu.)  |  look  at  it.  |  Baby  (  mine 

ye6      datyacokwuc      tc'in      yaem      dan  can      ski      dl      dl- 
something  is  wrong,"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Some  kind  |  baby  |  this.  | 

It  may  be  broke. 

14  kwMeyasla'         na*  Ge         tc'tduLt'65  kwuc         yaen         yaem 
Carry  it.  |  Something  stung  it  I  guess,"  |  they  said  [  they  say. 


152  Cf.  Hupa  root  -tcwu  -tcwe   (III,  280). 

IBS  Cf.  Hupa  meuk  which  has  the  same  meaning  (I,  157,  11). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.— Kato  Texts.  115 

do  kwin  nus  s$n  ne        buL  o'  t  yin154        Lan        yiL  kai        tes  I  ne 
"  I  do  not  know.  |  Doctor  it.  |  Many  |  mornings  |  I  have  looked 

ski      utc'un*      ticandi      ski      do  cki  ye  kwa  n$n      hai      kwun-    2 
baby  j  on  account  of.  |  Some  kind  j  baby.  |  It  is  not  baby.  |  This  |  many 

Lan       yiLkai        dontuclal       tc'iLt'ot155        oLtci       ntuclaL 
nights  |  I  have  not  slept.  |  It  suck  |  make.  |  I  will  sleep. 

nabe      OLtci       dan  te  co  kwuc  cut      ankwue       datyac^fi      di    4 
It  bathe  |  make.  [  Something  wrong  I  guess  because  |  it  cries  I  guess.  | 

Some  kind  |  this 

cki       nohm       naLte       kakosileae       gunt'e       nahotunn^c 
baby.  |  You  (plu.)  |  carry  it.  |  I  am  sick  |  now.  |  We  will  move 

dide*       toLbuL       ski       ts'albuLa       heu«       tucbuL       djafi    6 
north.  |  Hang  up  |  baby  |  basket-cradle  and  all."  |  "Yes,  |  I  will  hang  it 

up."  |  "Here 

un  tee'  bun       no'  do       hai  dee  tc  'ufi€       no  nun  yin       na  hun  dac 
you  may  cry. "  |  ' <  Come. ' '  |  North  toward  j  they  moved.  |  ' '  Go  back. 

ski      ontgucbun      bedunkwic      kwun  ye  dul  tuc  tel  8 

Baby  |  see.  |  It  is  dead  I  guess.  |  We  will  bury  it. ' ' 

nahestyai        ski        utc'un6        bi  teen  ya  kw$n156        ya€m 
He  went  back,  j  Baby  [  close  by  |  he  had  come  out  |  they  say, 

ts'$lbie      haita      nagusmickwan      ya«m      saktoebie      nagus-  10 
basket  in.  |  There  |  he  had  been  playing  |  they  say.  |  Spring  in  |  he  had 

been  playing 

nickwaji       yaem       Lo?       tc'tet'atskw^n       ya€m       tc'ucteL- 
they  say.  j  Grass  |  he  had  cut  off  |  they  say.  |  He  had  spread 

kwan      yaem      tobic      s'usdakwan      yaem      tc 't  tes  ya  kwan  12 
they  say.  |  Water  in  |  he  had  sat  |  they  say.  j  He  had  gone 

yac  m       ca'  na€  yacts       na  un  guL  €ae  kwan       yae  ni       tcun  siets 
they  say.  |  Creek  little  |  he  had  made  a  weir  |  they  say.  |  Pine  cones 

no  la  kwan       yaem       n^kka6       tc'kak'batse       yetc'gun€^ii-  14 
he  had  put  down  |  they  say.  |  Two  |  net-poles  |  he  had  put  in 

kwan      yaem       tc'kak'      L6'       buL       s'usLSiikw^n       yacm 
they  say.  |  Net  |  grass  |  with  |  he  had  woven  |  they  say. 

tc 't  tes  y ai  kw^n        yidee       yaem        tc'ek'as       tc 'is  tcin  kw^n  16 
He  had  gone  j  down  |  they  say.  |  Brush  fence  |  he  had  made 


is*  Literally  "with  it  you  (plu.)  stand." 

iss  Cf.  Ill,  267. 

IRC  That  the  incidents  which  befell  the  child  are  inferred  from  the 
evidence  left  on  the  ground  is  indicated  throughout  this  tale  by  the 
suffix  -kwan.  The  suffix  -x5  Ian  is  used  in  a  similar  manner  in  a  Hupa 
story  (I,  185). 


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yae  m      bet.      116*11  e$n  kwan      yae  ni      tc  'e  k  'as      tc  'is  tcifi  kwan 
they  say.  |  Ropes  |  he  had  put  |  they  say.  |  Fence  |  he  had  made 

2  yae  ni      tc  't  tes  ya  kwan      yac  ni      s  'us  k  'an  kw$n      yac  ni      na- 
they  say.  |  He  had  gone      they  say.  |  He  had  built  fire  |  they  say.  |  He 

had  made  a  weir 


unguLeaekwan       yaem       s'usk'ankw^n        yaem 
they  say.  |  He  had  built  fire  |  they  say.  |  His  foot 

4  oyacts      s  ku  wun  yafi  kwan      yacm      kwkwec      gun  tcaa  kwan 
small  |  had  grown  |  they  say.  |  His  foot  |  had  become  large 

ya«m       tetantco       kwuts  gun  yai  kwan       yaem       naunguL- 
they  say.  |  Stream  large  |  he  had  come  down  to  |  they  say.  |  He  had  built 

a  weir 

6  «a«kw$n         yacm         naitguLeae         tc'kak'         yite'gunean- 
they  say.  |  He  stood  up  a  stick,  |  net  |  he  had  put  on  it 

kw$n         yaem         ts'untsi6         s'ustinkw^n        yacm         ktc- 
they  say.  |  Downhill  head  |  he  had  lain  |  they  say.  |  His  foot 

8  kwee       guntcaokw^n       yaem        kwone        oyacts       s'usk'an- 
had  become  large  j  they  say.  |  Fire  |  small  |  he  had  built 

kw^n      yaem      tc'ttesyai     yide€     tcun      swoltc      nakae     no- 
they  say.  |  He  went  |  north.  |  Stick  |  small  |  two  |  he  had  put  down 

10  lakw^n      yacm      tc'gattsV      tc'kak'      buL      s'usLonkw^n 
they  say.  |  Iris  |  net  |  with  |  he  had  woven 

yae  ni       LO  yacts       kwa  k  'ee       o  yacts       s  'us  Lon  kw^n       yae  ni 
they  say.  |  Suckers  |  its  net  |  small  |  he  had  woven  |  they  say. 

12  k'ac      tc  'us  t  'a  kwan  hut      noun  tan  kw^n       yaem       tunnibi6 
Arrows  |  he  had  feathered  when  |  he  left  there  |  they  say.  |  Eoad  in 

ts'k^Ldun       s'uLtin6       nount^nkwan        yaem        tc'ttesya- 
he  had  walked  place  |  bow  |  he  had  put  down  |  they  say.  |  He  had  gone 

14  kw$n       yaem       kacts       nocneankw^n        yaem        tc'k^Ldun 
they  say.  |  Knife  |  he  had  put  down  |  they  say.  |  He  had  walked  place 

buL  gul  gus      na  t  guL  cae  kwg,n      yae  ni 
firesticks  j  he  had  stood  up  |  they  say. 

16         gunt'e      ski      tesyaye      ciyee      haidee      naLtcebun      ca 
1  '  Now  |  baby  |  went  |  mine  |  north  |  you  must  catch  |  for  me,  '  ; 

tc  'in      y  ae  m      do  dul  sus  he      toL  ke€  bun      d5  yl  de  hee  e     nec  n- 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  ^We  didn't  see  him."  |  "You  must  track  him."  | 

'  '  We  are  tired.  |  Land  is  large, 

18  tcao    tes  dul  kee  e      na  wo'  t  los  bun      tc  'in      yae  ni      do  dul  sfis- 

we  tracked  him."  |  "You  must  bring  him  back,"  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

"We  didn't  see  him. 


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he      myee     ski      duthiyadji      do  ye      tee'  kwa*157      ylguLka- 
your  |  baby."  |  "What  is  the  matter?"  |  "No.  |  She  cried  until  j  day. 

le       la^ba6!!^       ylLkai       kwuctcugge      ski       hai       kwane-    2 
Ten  |  nights  |  she  has  cried  about  it.  |  Baby  |  that  |  he  did  because. 

tel  kwan  hut      ski      wa  no  it 'age      ski      con      Lgai      danhae 
Baby  |  she  wants. "     "  Baby  |  good  |  white  |  is  like. 

dociye€      ski  kwan  hut      dicoe      ski  ye  kw$n  n$n      tc'in      yacm    4 
Not  mine  |  baby  because.     Some  kind  |  baby  it  was, ' '  j  she  said  |  they  say. 

do  hae  kw  6  tci         do  ski  ye  kw^n  n$n         co  tci  gun  ya  ne         ci  yec 
' ' Do  not  cry  for  it  |  not  baby  it  is. ' '  \  "I  love  |  my 

cki       do  hac  den  fiel  le      st  '6e      tee  no'  nun  a  ne       tee'  buL       do-    6 
baby.  |  It  did  not  stop,  j  Nearly    it  killed  us  |  crying  with.  |  We  did  not  sleep. 

hae  n  tes  di  la  le      Lan      yiLkai      tesdiine      ski      dicoyekwan- 
Many  |  nights  |  we  watched  it.  |  Baby  |  some  kind  it  is 

nan      ski      do  ha€  kw  un  ce'       ci  yee      tc  'ek      do  kw  uc  tee'  te  le    8 
baby. "  |  "Do  not  for  it  cry,  |  my  |  woman. "  |  "I  will  not  cry. ' ' 

s'usk'ankwan       yaem       oyacts       tcun        swoltc        nola- 
He  had  built  fire  |  they  say,  |  small.  |  Sticks  |  small  j  he  had  put  down 

kwan        yaem        oltc'wai        6tcibic         s'usliekw§n         yaenl  10 
they  say.  |  Eel-pot  |  its  bottom  in  |  he  had  tied  [  they  say. 

s'iis  Lori  kwan      yaem       nes       tobie       noun  tan  kwan       yaem 
He  had  woven  |  they  say.  |  Long,  |  water  in  |  he  had  put  |  they  say. 

tcunsi6ts       tonai       tc 'OL  yi  kwan  hut        tc'k^ckwan        ya€m  12 
Tree-heads  (cones)  |  fish  |  he  had  named  when  |  he  caught  |  they  say. 

te'gats'e*       tc'kak'b!6       nuntc'ut       ts 'us  tcin  kwan       yaem 
Iris  |  net  in  |  strings  |  he  had  made  |  they  say. 

buLteqot      tc' gun  duts  kwan      yacm      tc'ttesya      yldee     to-  14 
Net  rope  j  he  had  twisted  |  they  say.  |  He  went     north.  |  Water  large  in 

n  tcaG  bie      nax  eae  kwan      yae  ni 
he  had  made  weir  |  they  say. 

ski       ciyee      tesiLbulle       tee'  gut       Lan       yiLkai       tc'in  IG 
1 '  Baby  |  mine  |  I  hung  up     it  cried  because  |  many  |  nights, ' '  j  she  said 

yaeni      toLkeebun      yaen      yaem      otcomtcane      doyihe6et 
they  say.  |  "You  must  track  it,"  |  they  said  |  they  say.     "I  will  leave 

it  |  I  am  tired  because. 

na  hue  dac  te  le       naL  kut  dee       na  wo'  t  los  bun       tc  'in        yac  ni  is 
I  will  go  back.  |  You  come  back  if  |  you  must  bring  it  back "  )  he  said  [ 

they  say! 


157  Cf.  Hupa  suffix  -ux  (III,  304). 


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nes  dun      te  SOL  kec  de€      o  tco  no'  tcic  bun      tc  'in      yae  m      cki 
'  *  Far  |  you  track  it  if  |  you  may  leave  it, ' '     he  said  j  they  say,  |  ' '  baby. ' ' 

2  tcoyi        nun  ya  ye  kwan  nan        hai        otcomtcane        nes  dun 
Another  |  came.  |  ' '  That  |  I  left  |  far 

tes  ya  hut      tc  'in       ya€  ni       kwun  1411       6  tco  dut  tc$n       tc  'in 
he  went  because,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  " Enough,  |  we  will  leave  it,"  I 

he  said 

4  yaem        nadutya       yebicufie       doyehece    towun       tgibae 
they  say.  |  "We  will  go  back  |  house  toward.  |  I  am  tired.  |  Water  for  | 

I  am  thirsty. 

nes  dun       tesiyahut       doyeheee       stca  gun  tele 
Far  |  I  went  because,  |  I  am  tired.  |  I  will  sleep." 

6         ca'  na€         kwuts  gun  yai  kw^n        yae  ni        na  un  guL  cae  kw§,n 
Creek  |  he  had  gone  down  to  |  they  say.  |  He  had  made  a  weir 

ya€m        tc'kak'        noun  tan  kw$n        yacm        s 'us  k 'an  kwan 
they  say.  |  Net  |  he  had  put  in  |  they  say.  |  He  had  built  fire 

8  yae  ni       tc 't  tes  ya  kw$n       yae  ni       y I  de€       yo  yi  dec       nes  dun 
they  say.  |  He  had  gone  |  they  say,  |  north,  |  way  north.  |  Far 

yo  on      ca'  na€      n  tcao      na  nun  ya  kwg,n      ya«  ni      do  hae  nan- 
over  there  |  creek  |  large  |  he  had  crossed  |  they  say.  |  He  did  not  make 

weir 

10  guLeaekw3<n       yacni       tc'iyacts       ts'test^n       ya€m       yidec 
they  say.  |  Canoe  |  he  took  |  they  say,  |  north. 

k'teLtcot       yaem       nes  dun       tc'ttesya        yacm        yoyldee 
He  stole  it  |  they  say.  |  Far  |  he  went  |  they  say  |  way  north. 

12  dohae      kw?kwee      guls^n      ya*m      tac^n      tc'ttesya      yacm 
Not  |  his  track  |  was  found  |  they  say.  |  Somewhere  |  he  went  |  they  say. 

kie>kwee      co      kannte      yaem       doyaLsus      yacm 

His  foot  |  in  vain  |  they  looked  for  |  they  say.  |  They  did  not  find  j  they  say. 

14         da  ta  bes  ya  kwuc       yacn       yaem       didee      tobic       tun  yae 
' l  On  the  bank  he  climbed  I  guess, ' '   |  they  said  |  they  say.  [  ' '  North  | 

water  in  j  you  go, ' ' 

yaekwuLtc'in      yaem      sis      niii      tun  yae      dideff      yaekwuL- 
they  told  him  |  they  say.  |  "Otter,  |  you  |  go  |  north,"  |  they  told  him 

IQ  tc  'in      yac  m      sa'  ts      naL  gi  Lgai      kae      niii      turn  mic      di- 
they  say.  |  Mink,  |  ducks  white,  |  "Well,  j  you  |  swim  |  north. 

de<       na  kwuL  sus  bun        n  do  ye        nes  dun       coe       m  bi  ne158 
You  must  find  him."  |  "No.  |  Far  |  in  vain     I  swam." 


IBS  Hupa  has  a  form  -men  besides  the  more  frequent  -me   (III,  240). 
Their  connection  is  not  clear. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  119 

ta  co  kwuc       tc  'in       yae  ni       ~kw  kwae        na'  Lut        ta  cu  kwue 

"Somewhere  I  guess/'   |  he  said  |  they  say.  |   "For  him  |  you  burn.  | 

Somewhere  I  guess, " 

tc'in      yaem      yoyide6      nesdun      gulsan      yaeni      yoyidee    2 
he  said  j  they  say.  |  Way  north  |  far  |  he  was  seen  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Far  north 

skits    qale     gulgellit     tc'in     yaem     Lahae     nanec     yidaeun 
baby  |  is  walking  |  evening  when/'  |  he  said  |  they  say,  j  one  |  person  j 

from  north. 

nun  y a  hut       tats'ustankwan       yacm       bic       tc'iyactsbi*    4 
He  came  when,  |  he  had  taken  from  the  water  |  they  say.  |  In  |  canoe  in 

s'usk'ankw^n         yacm         tc 't  tes  y  a  kwa^i         ya«m         yidec 
he  had  built  fire  |  they  say.  |  He  had  gone  |  they  say,  |  north. 

nasLutkwun      yaeni      dan  can      naisLut      yacn      yacm      dl-    6 

He  had  burned  |  they  say.   j   "Who   |   is  burning? "  \  they  said  |  they 

say.  |  "North 

de«      k'illek      qale      k'ac      yigullele      s'ultin*      muL      di- 
boy  |  was  walking.  |  Arrows  |  he  was  carrying  |  bow  |  with  |  north,'7 

dee      tc'in      yacnl      doodultsutde      dan  co  kwuc      d6tc'une-    8 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "We  didn't  know  him.   |   Stranger.  |  We  did  not 

speak 

kunnutdiyice      utc'une      nesdiin      yoyide6      qale      yanun 
to  him.  |  Far  |  way  north  |  he  was  walking/'  |  they  said. 

tantco          kwutsts'gunyakwan         yaem        nan  guL  eae  kw^n  10 
River  j  he  came  down  to  |  they  say.  |  He  had  made  weir 

yaem        kwonc        uyacts        s'usk'ankw^n        yaem        tcun 
they  say.  |  Fire  |  small  |  he  had  built  |  they  say.  |  Stick 

swoltc       n^kka6      nolakw^n       yaeni       Loyacts       tc'gunkan  12 
small  |  two  |  he  had  put  down  |  they  say.  |  Suckers  |  he  had  netted. 

ts'neLyan      6sic      kw6ncmic      scan      ya€m      yidec      ts'ttes- 
He  ate  up.  |  Its  head  |  fire  in  |  lay  |  they  say.  |  North  |  he  had  gone 

ya    6  tus  kwan    yae  ni     ca'  nae    kwuts  gun  ya  kw$n    yae  ni    na-  14 
beyond  it  |  they  say.  |  Creek  |  he  had  come  down  to  |  they  say.  |  He  had 

made  weir 

uii  guL  <a«  kw^n         yaem          tc'kak'buL          no  tcun  tan  kwan 
they  say.  |  Net  with  |  he  had  held 

yacm       Lok'       tc '  gun  k^ii  kwan        osie       kw6nemuna       sean  15 
they  say.  |  Salmon  |  he  had  caught.  |  Its  head  |  fire  before  |  lay 

yae  ni      yi  dec      tc 't  tes  y  a  kwa^i      y  a€  ni      ca'  nae      k  Vuts  is  '- 
they  say.  |  North  |  he  had  gone  |  they  say.  |  Creek  |  he  had  come  down  to 

gunyakwan       yaeni       naunguLcae       tc'kak'       tc'kak'bine€  18 
they  say.  j  He  made  weir.  |  Net  |  net 's  back-bone 


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tc  'is  tcifi  kwan  hut     ye  ts '  gun  ean  kwan     yae  nl     ges     ts '  gun  kan 
he  had  made  when  |  he  had  put  in  j  they  say.  |  Black  salmon  |  he  had  caught. 

2   6sie       kw6fiemuna       sean       yaem       ges      ntcaa       6sic      bee- 
Its  head  |  fire  before  j  lay  J  they  say,  |  black  salmon  |  large  |  its  head.  |  Eel 

lin       tc '  gun  kan  kw^n      yaem       kw6ebufia       s'uLtin       yacm 
he  had  caught  |  they  say.  |  Fire  before  |  it  lay  |  they  say. 

4  nakkac      ts'ek'enects      ts '  gun  kan  kwan      yaem      tc'kak'bi* 
Two  |  day  eels  |  he  had  caught  J  they  say.  |  Net  in 

kwoemuna      gunt'e      kunundun      yacm      kwe6      yaeneLine 
fire  before,  j  Now  J  it  is  near  j  they  say.  |  Track  |  they  saw 

6  yacm       n$kae       nanec       tc'unt'an       yactc'beduil       gulsan. 
they  say.  |  Two  |  persons  |  acorns  j  they  were  picking  where  |  was  seen 

yae  nl 
they  say. 

8         dan  coe        qa  le        yi  na  un        6  ts  'une        ko  no1  Ic        he  uc 
4 '  Some  one  |  walks  j  from  the  south.  |  To  him  |  speak. "  \  ' '  Yes, 

ots'unc      kunnucyic       tacoufi      gunyaLa      niii       yoyinuk' 
to  him  I  I  will  speak."  j  ll  Where  |  you  walking,  |  you?  |  Way  south 

10  tesuncuts       yaem       tacoufi       gunyaL       nan       6tc'uiic       na- 
you  ran  off"  j  they  say.  j  lt Where  |  you  walking?  j  Your  mother  |  toward  | 

go  back. ' ; 

hun  dac      do  na  hue  te  le      di  dee      c  nan  ye      c  nan  tc  'une      nac- 
"I  will  not  go  back.  |  North  |  my  mother  is.  |  My  mother  toward     I  am 

going. 

12  da  le      nes  dun      nac  da  le      n  tac      tee  oe      na  hun  das      do  ye 
Far  |  I  am  going."  |  "Your  father  j  cries.  [  You  go  back."  [  "No 

s  ta€      n  do  ye      di  nuk '      di  dec      c  ta  ye      tat  dji      nan  duL  teL 
my  father  |  is  not  J  south.  |  North  |  my  father  is. "  |  "  When  |  are  you  going 

home?" 

14  do  nac  duL  tele       dotacoe     si  da  tele       didec       ciyec       neeye 

"I  am  not  going  back.  |  Not  any  place  j  I  will  stay.  |  North  [  my  |  coun 
try  is. 

neeye      djan      Lane      didee      dan  dji      biyee      cnan      biye€ 
Country  J  here  j  much  |  north,  j  Who     hers  |  my  mother  |  hers?" 

16  tc'in       yaem       didjl       bimnactoLa       do      sa' dun       gutdai 
he  said  j  they  say.  |  ' '  Why  J  you  take  me  back  ?     Not  |  alone  |  stay 

c  dji  ya  ne       te  si  yai       di  dee       to  nai       tun  duL       uc  tcl  te  lit 
I  like.  |  I  went  |  north.  |  Fish  |  come  |  I  will  make. 

18  yidaeun      tunduLbun       ges      haidaeun       tunduLbuii       da- 

From  north  I  must  come.  I  Black  salmon  I  here  from  north  I  must  come.  I 

Hook-bill 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  121 

tcaehal       haida€M       tunduLbuii       Lok'       haide€un       tun- 
here  from  north  |  must  come.  |  Spring  salmon  |  here  from  north   |  must 

come. 

duL  bun       LO  yac       tun  diiL  bun       bee  lin       tun  duL  bun       hai-     2 
Suckers  |  must  come.  |  Eels  [  must  come,  j  Here  from  north 

dac  un        LO  yac  gaits        tun  duL  bun         hai  dae  un         ts  'un  teL 
trout  white  |  must  come,   j  Here  from  north  [  turtles 

tulacbufi       haida€M       tek'atce       haidaeuri       tc'ttulacbun    4 
must  walk.  |  Here  from  north  |  crabs  |  here  from  north  |  must  walk. 

to      tat  sut' bund  jae      cinhit'      ca' nae      to      ustummun  djae 
Water  |  will  dry  up  |  summertime.  |  Creek  |  water  |  will  be  cold. 

saktoe       to       us  turn  mun  djae       tan  tco         to         suLbundjae    6 
Spring  |  water  |  will  be  cold.  |  Kiver  |  water  |  will  be  warm. 

do  conk  nut  do6  bun  djac      wun  ta      to      no  nuc  bun  djae      wun- 
Not  entirely  will  vanish.  |  Some  places  |  water  |  will  be  standing.  |  Some 

„  places 

ta      to      nul  1m  tcwoltc      nul  1m  bun  djae  8 

water    riffles  short  |  will  flow. ' ' 

nesdun      to      nanagulllne      ylde6      se      nadaicye      uye 
Far  j  water  |  runs  down  |  north.  |  Eocks  |  stand  up     under. 

dacoe       tacoeut       yigunt'ot      yacm       ko  wun  tun       tutbilL-  10 
Somewhere  |  where  |  it  is  foggy  |  they  say,  |  it  is  cold.  |  It  rains  when, 

telit       tonai       tc'iletelit       to       tunyaii       yacm       kaihit' 
fish  [  will  come  when  |  water  |  rises  |  they  say.     Wintertime, 

guri  tun  k  Jut       la  cee  L  gaits       ges  nac       ca  nes  tco       yi  nat  dun-  12 
fall  becomes,  |  buckeye  white,  |  salmon  eye,  |  moon  long,  |  entrance  slip 
pery 

kwul  kut  tco      tciL  tcik      tun  L  tuk      Lo'  dul  k  'us      dane      gun- 
stick  red,  |  leaves  die  (?)  [  grass  dry,  |  long  ago  |  spring  was, 

da  nit       cinLeut       nagutLiitut       tc'nunyai       tontcaa       na-  14 
summer  middle,  J  it  is  burned  over  when  |  he  came.  |  Water  great  j  runs 

down 

na  gul  lin     6  ye     ye  tc '  gun  y ai     tc '  y^fi  ki     tc  'en  t  get  ( s ) '     nak- 
under  |  he  went  in.  |  Women  |  saw  him  |  two 

kac       tc'wocbi€       ne€nceedun       do  d^ii  coe  kwuc       ylhunnac  16 
foam  in  [  ground  bad  place  |  nobody  |  can  go  in 

kun  t  'e      yae  ni 

is  that  kind  j  they  say. 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


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IX.— YELLOWHAMMEB'S  DEEDS. 

kegutt'eo      yitc6bi€       nacoek'a      tcaLm       tc 'us  saie  tcun 
He  taught  them,  |  dance-house  in,  |  robin,  |  varied  robin,  |  bluejay, 

2  datcan€      tc'ussai6      bustclo      tclelintc      dustcietco      ducts 

raven,  |  chicken-hawk,  |  owl,  |  humming-bird,  |  mountain-quail,  |  quail, 

dustco       seeduntc       slus        dataitc        g$c  tco  k  'wut  kwi  a  gits 
grouse,  |  sparrow-hawk,  j  ground-squirrel,  |  grey-squirrel,  |  red-squirrel, 

4  seLtc'woi       seLkuti       deL      nakeits      sis      sa'ts      Ltsogun 
heron,  |  kingfisher,  |  crane,  |  duck,  |  otter,  |  mink,  |  fox, 

ban        begutt'eo        tcitcwotc        tc 'UL  sut  di  da  nes  tco        tc'o' 

many  |  he  taught.  |  Grosbeak,  |  thrasher,  |  blackbird, 

6  tc'olaki       ban  sits       dastcan        yaintan         yo'         butsk'ai* 
meadow-lark,  |  sand-piper,  |  gopher,  |  mole,     scoter,  |  seagull, 

tkactco        cilecle        tcun  tclgi  tco        tcun  nub  tcuntc        tcun- 
pelican,  |  oriole  (?),  |  woodcock,  |  sapsucker  (?),  |  woodpecker, 

8  S$L  tcik      k  'ai  kos  lute      k  '6s  so  wl  tco      ka*       ts  'us  saic  L  cun  tco 
(a  bird)  |  wood  duck  |  goose,  |  bluejay  (black), 

bus  tc  16  Lgai      to  ka  H  gits      tco  wi  nal  dalts       qot '  yo  cuts      tci- 
white  owl,  |  mud-hen,  |  ' '  run-around-a-tree, ' '  j  blue-bird,  |  thrush, 

10  dun  qo  yants      tc  'un  da  ka  yos  tcun      tcun  t  yacts      t  'ee  bul      ca 
buzzard,     condor  (f),  |  curlew,  j  Moon 

be  gun  fee       yacm       hai       k'aictc'etc       sulsuntc       LonLgai 

he  taught  |  they  say,  |  these  |  wren,  |  chipmunk,  |  wood-rat, 

12  tsitsgaitc       laenes      sleeLkusts      suts'buLnuLt'ai       ca      da- 
pole-cat,  |  raccoon,  |  skunk,  |  flying  squirrel.  |  "Moon  |  very  bad 

t  'in  co       na  on  dan       c  yacts       na  nee       6  dac       tc  'e  naiL  gat  de 
is  coming  back,   |   my  grandchildren.   |   People   |   their  mouths   |   he  has 

sewed  up 

14  Lenechae      na  kismet 'a  kwic      k'§,tdec      owufi      dan*      na  he- 
all.  |  I  am  going  to  sling  at  him  |  soon."  |  Some  |  already  j  he  loosened 

gat      yaem      onitc159      nonan^t      yacm 
they  say.  |  Half-way  |  he  untied,  |  they  say. 

16         guLgele      yaem      ca      na  gut  dale      c  yacts      gunt'e      na- 
It  was  evening,  |  they  say.  |  "Moon  j  is  coming  |  my  grandchildren.  I 

Now  |  I  will  sling  at  him. ' ' 

ktrmct'atele       intce€       teleebi€       tc 't  teL  bun  kw^n       yaem 
Deer  |  sack  in  |  he  had  filled  |  they  say. 


159  Cf.  Hupa  ne  djit  "middle"  (I,  241,  5). 


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buLdaiebie      yisinuii      nagutdal      nak'utseLgai    buL      na- 
Entrance  in  |  from  the  west  |  he  came  along,  |  white  gravel  |  with  |  he 

threw  at  him 


kuwult'a      yaem      to      nadesbile      yaem      datc§,ne 
they  say.  |  Water  |  he  sprinkled  |  they  say.  |  Eaven  |  his  mouth 

tas  tcits      yae  ni      kakw?      kwal  le      s  dji  siis  tiik    tc  'a  wuii      to- 

he  tore,  |   they  say.  |   '  '  Quickly  |   do  that.      Is  killing  me   |  food  for.  | 

Water  for 

wun      sdjlye      guLsai      countci      con      kwakwulla      odae    4 
my  heart  |  is  dry.  j  Well  you  did,  |  well  |  you  treated  him."  |  His  mouth 

nahegat      yaem      Leneehac      conk      tc'enangat      yacm      to 
he  untied  j  they  say.  j  All  |  well  |  he  untied  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Water 

yetc'gabile       oLtci       Lan       tayaon^n       nanec       tc'egane-    6 
they  bring  in  |  you  cause.  |  Much  |  let  them  drink.     People  |  he  had  killed,  '  ' 

kwanan       tc'in       yacni       buntcbul       conk       sta       nahun^t 
he  said,  |  they  say.  |  "Yellow-hammer  |  well  |  he  sits  |  you  untie" 

tc'in     yaem     conk'     kwakwuclaae     dan«     st'6e     tcenotcin-    8 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Well  |  I  did  to  him,  |  while  ago.  |  Nearly  |  he  killed 

you. 

nun  a  ne  kwan  ng,n      Lec      yiLka      na  hue  g^t  tele      Lee      nes- 
Night,  |  until  morning     I  will  untie.  |  Night  |  long 

dun      yiLka  tele      nahucgakwa6      tc'an       ta'  tcut       nanec  10 
morning  will  be  |  I  am  untying  yet.  |  Food  |  cook.  |  People 

c  gT  na  e  kwan  n$n       cone       kwanhuclaGe       no'  dae       na  he  si- 
are  hungry.  |  It  is  good  |  I  did  to  him.  |  Your  mouths  |  I  untied. 

ga  de      ke  noL  get  kwan  hut      kw  dji  SIL  tuk  e      in  tce€      ta'  t  'as  12 
Because  you  were  afraid  |  I  killed  him.     Deer  |  butcher; 

na  nee        ya  mun        sk  'ee        ta  tc  '6'  buL         Le  nee  hae         6'  sut 
people  will  eat.  |  Mush  |  prepare.  |  All  |  pound 

tc'unt'aii      nanec      nadultcamuii      bantco       6tc'unc      to?-  14 
acorns;  |  people  |  will  eat  a  meal.  |  Mussels  |  toward  |  go 

yac      wuii      n  tcaa      ta'  tsit      t  kac  tco      teL  euts      yae  ni      kw- 
some.  |  Very  |  low  tide."  |  Pelican  |  ran  |  they  say.  |  His  mouth 

dac        tclelintc        kt^da€        sostc        ban  sits        hafi        ki0da€  16 

humming-bird  j  his  mouth  |  slender,  |  sand-piper  [  he  |  his  mouth 

sostc      yae  ni 

slender,  |  they  say. 

Lenechac       tet'a       yacm       tclelintc       dide€       tc'ussai6-  is 
All  |  flew  (in  pairs)  |  they  say.  |  Humming-birds  |  north,  |  blue  jays 


124  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM. ARCH.  ETH. 

tcin      di  dee      due  tco      te  t  'a      yae  ni      na  ke  its      di  dee      yo- 
north,  I  grouse  |  flew  (in  pairs)  |  they  say.  j  Ducks  |  north,  |  far  north, 

2  yl  dec      butc  k  'aie       di  dee      k  'aie  ts  'etc       na  coe  k  'a      tcun  tea- 
seagulls  |  north,  |  wrens,  |  robins,  j  wood-cocks, 

£1  tco      tc  'us  saie      di  dec      na  coe  k  'a      di  dec      SCL  tcun  dun  ne 

chicken-hawks,  |  north,  |  robins,     north,  |  "mocking-birds," 

4  seLkuti       ban  sits       didee       tc'6'       didec       bustclo       didee 
kingfishers,  |  sand-pipers  |  north,  J  blackbirds  |  north,  |  owls  |  north, 

bus  tc  16  L  gai        didec       tcaL-m        didee       tcunaldalts        di- 
white  owls  |  north,  |  varied  robins  |  north,  |  "tree-run-around"  |  east, 

6  duk '        due  tco        tcuL  sut  I  dae  nes  tco        se  e  duntc        di  diik ' 
grouse,     thrashers,  |  sparrow-hawks,  |  east, 

tci  dun  go  yantc       di  duk '       yas  da  lots       buntc  bul       ts  'us  saie- 
thrushes  |  east,  |  juncos,  |  yellowhammers,  |  bluejays, 

8  tcin       diduk'       seltc'woi       diduk'       tc'6?       diduk'       ts'us- 
east,  |  herons  [  east,  |  blackbirds     east,  |  bluejays  (white) 

saieLgai       diduk'       t'ecbul        diduk'       bus  buntc       tc'ahal 
east,  |  curlews  |  east,  |  (an  owl),     frogs, 

10  diduk'       dullants       diduk'       sul  gite       bi  nee  do  tel  tcin       di- 
east,  |  salamanders  |  east,  |  lizards,  |  water-snakes  |  east, 

duk'      tcusseetco      naLcot      diduk'      Leguc       diduk'      sul- 
bull-snakes,  |  grass-snakes  |  east,  |  rattlesnakes  |  east,  |  lizards  (long) 

12  dji  nes  tco      di  duk '      t  'a  dul  k  'uts      di  nuk '      bee  lin      di  n  uk ' 
east,  |  milk-snakes  |  south,  |  eels  |  south, 

ts'ek'enects      dinuk'       Loyacgaitc       dinuk'      Loyacts       di- 
day-eels  |  south,  |  trout  |  south,  |  suckers  |  south, 

14  nuk'     ges     dinuk'     datcahal    dinuk'     Lok'     dinuk'     tc'olo 
black  salmon  |  south,  |  hook-bills  |  south,  |  steel-heads  |  south,  |  catfish 

tonaiLtcik     dinuk'     tonaiLtso     dinuk'      Loyacoyacts     dl- 
" fish-red"  |  south,  |  "fish-blue"  |  south,  |  fish  (small)  |  south, 

16  nuk'      LO  yac  da  ban  tco      dinuk'      Loetel      dinuk'      t'antgul- 
(fish)  |  south,  |  flatfish  (?)  |  south,  |  devil-fish 

yos      d!  nuk '      yoc  tcul  In     di  nuk '     Le  ne€  hac      L  ta'  kl      di  de« 

south,  |  abalones  |  south.  |  All  |  different  kinds  |  north. 

18  Le  nee  hae       L  ta'  kl       di  duk '       Le  nee  hae        L  ta'  kl        di  nuk ' 

All  [  different  kinds  |  east.  [  All  |  different  kinds  j  south. 

Le  nee  hac      L  ta'  kl      di  se€ 
All  |  different  kinds  |  west. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  125 

buntc  bul      s  'us  tin      yi  tco  bie      y  I  duk  '      sa'  dun  ha      tc  'ek 
Yellow-hammer  j  lay  |  dance-house  in  |  east  |  alone.  |  Women 

n^k  kae        $L  te        ba  gun  un        n  ML        gun  yan.        kwuL  mi    2 
two  I  "Well,  |  coast  toward  j  with  us  |  walk,"  |  they  said  to  him 

yac  ni      he  ue      tc  'in      yae  m      skits      nak  kae      no'  doc      tc  'in 
they  say.  |  '  '  Yes,  "  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Children  |  two,  |  '  '  Go  ahead  '  '  I 

he  said 

yacm       baguii       sais^ndun       ts'yanki       ban  tco       yaestcin    4 
they  say.  |  Coast  |  sandy  beach  j  women  |  mussels  |  they  obtained 

yacm      gulk'an      yaeni      ban  tco      tagisgin      yaem      kwone- 
they  say.  |  A  fire  was  |  they  say.  |  Mussels  |  they  brought  out  of  water  | 

they  say.  |  Fire  place 

dun      ban  tco      natgulgal      ya€m      gultcuL      yaeni      ban-    6 

mussels  |  they  poured  down  |  they  say.  |  Were  opened  |  they  say  |  mussels. 

tco      axte      ban  tco      tc'unyan      tc'in      yaem      kae      nahi- 
'  '  Well,  |  mussels  |  eat,  "  \  she  said  |  they  say.  |  '  *  Well,  |  we  will  go  back 


duL      yebieiine     ^Lte    kwuLun     ya€m      heue      tc'in      yacm    8 
house  toward,  j  come  on"  j  they  told  him  |  they  say.  |  "Yes,"  |  he  said  | 

They  say. 

ts'yafiki        ng,kkae       skits        n^kkae        yiduk'        nahesdel6 
Women  |  two,  |  children  |  two  |  east  (up)  |  went  back 

ya€  ni       kw;  neL  me      yae  ni       te  k  'wuts  yi  gun  ya      yac  ni       yo-  10 
they  say.      They  looked  at  him,  |  they  say.  |  He  went  down  to  the  water,  | 

they  say.  j  Far 

on      tk'undun      ts'yafiki      kw?neLine      yaem 
on  bank  |  women  |  looked  at  him  |  they  say. 

tc'iyacts       tc'eunt^n       yaem       bantoe       bi€ufic       kt^tco  12 
Canoe  small  [  he  took  out  |  they  say.  |  Ocean  |  toward  |  his  grand 

mother, 

Lon  tc  gee  nects      bie  no  los  kw%n       yae  ni       tc  'I  bic       nee       na- 
long-eared  mouse,  |  he  had  led  in  |  they  say.     Canoe  in  j  soil  |  he  had  poured 

in 

deLgalkwan       yaem      tc'ibie       gulk'amun       yacm       tanco-  u 
they  say.  |  Canoe  in  |  fire  will  be  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Tancowe 

we       tan  co  we       tan  co  we       tcm       tc  'in       yae  ni       Lon  tc  gee- 
tancowe      tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Long-eared  mouse, 

nects      nole      dak^ts      stcaitc      tonai      dagundule      wakg,ts  IQ 
(  '  Deeps  |  keep  one  side,  |  my  grandchild,  |  fish  |  swim  on  surface  |  keep  one 

side. 

kat       kwullic       ndji        neseace        tc'in       ya€m       tancowe 
This  way  |  it  seems  |  your  heart  |  has  gone!  "  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Tan 

cowe 


126  University  of  California  Publications.   [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

tan  co  we      tancowe      tern      tc'in      yacm      te'guttilit      to- 
tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  taking  it  when  |  water 

through 

2  ble  ufie      yis  t  'ot      gun  t  'e      yi  gut  tiL      ya«  ni      tan  co  we      tan- 
fog  |  now  |  he  took  it  along  |  they  say.  |  "Tancowe  |  tancowe 

co  we      tancowe      tcin      tc'in      yacm      tancowe      tancowe 
tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Tancowe  |  tancowe 

4  tancowe      tcm      tc'in      yaem      nole      dakats      stcaitc      kat 
taneowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Deeps     keep  one  side,  |  my  grand 
child.  |  This  way 

kwul  luc         n  dji         n  gus  cae  e        tc  'in        yae  m         tc  't  tes  ya 
it  seems  |  your  heart  j  has  gone,"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  He  went  on 

6  yacm      yoyise*      t6neeunc      tancowe      tancowe      tancowe 
they  say,  j  far  west,  |  water  other  side.  |  * '  Tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tancowe 

tcm        tc'in        ya'm        gekus        yaem        tc'iyacts        g^kus 
tcin, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  It  went  fast  |  they  say.  |  Canoe  small  |  went  fast 

8  yaem      kakw      taLcut160      yaesliiie      yaem      tancowe      tan- 
they  say.  |  Quickly  |  ocean  middle  |  they  were  |  they  say.  |  "Tancowe  | 

tancowe 

co  we      tancowe      tcm      tc'in      yaenl      tetbll*      yaem      gun- 
tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  It  rained  |  they  say.  |  Now 

10  t'e      t'ac      kw?sidac      waLk'uts      gunt'e     gund6cbun     yaeni 
feather  |  his  head  |  he  put  in,  |  now  |  was  vanishing  |  they  say. 

naLculut        gun  tea'        ya€m        gunt'e        yist'ot     t  gun  guts 
It  was  wet  because  |  it  became  large  |  they  say.  |  Now  |  fog  |  was  swirling 

12  yae  ni       tc 't  tes  ya       yae  ni       do  tcoe  dai161        tc '  gut  tiL     yae  ni 
they  say.  |  He  went  on  |  they  say.  |  He  didn't  give  out,  |  he  brought  it 

along  |  they  say. 

tan  co  we       tan  co  we       tan  co  we       tcm       tc  'in       yac  ni       kat 
"Tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "This  way 

14  kwul  luc      n  dji      n  gus  eae  e      s  tcaitc      kakt#      gun  tiL      naL- 
it  seems  |  your  heart   |  has  gone,   |  my  grandchild,   |   quickly  |  take  it 

along. "  |  ' '  Build  fire  again 

k  '^n      s  tco      tc  'in      yae  ni      tut  buL  te  le      tan  co  we      tan  co 
rny  grandmother"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "It  will  rain."  |  "Tancowe  | 

tancowe 

16  we       tan  co  we       tcin       tc  'in        ya€  ni        na  guL  CUL        yae  m 
tancowe  |  tcin  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  [  He  got  wet  |  they  say. 


leo  Cf.  kaii/ut  "middle  of  winter,"  p.  113,  1.  14,  above, 
lei  Cf.  Hupa  root  -da  "to  be  poor  in  flesh"  (III,  254),  also  used  with 
preceding  6. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  127 


conk'      guntiL      stcaitc      tc'in      yacm      tonai      dagundul- 
"Well  |  take  it  along,  |  my  grandchild,"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fish  | 

swimming  on  the  surface 

le'      wakwats      tancowe      tancowe      tancowe      tcm      tc'in    2 
keep  away  from."  |  "Tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said 

yacm        guLgel*        yacm        tcakwuLgel*        bie        tc'guLtiL 
they  say.  |  It  was  evening  |  they  say.  |  Very  dark  |  in  |  he  took  it  along 

yaem      tancowe      tancowe      tancowe      tcm      tc'in      yacm    4 
they  say.  |  "Tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tancowe  |  tcin"  |  he  said  [  they  say. 

t'ae      ktcsida6      waLk'iits      bine6      nontena*      yaem      gun- 
Feather  |  his  head  |  he  put  in  j  its  back  |  was  left  |  they  say.  |  Now 

t'e       banto€       ts't  ducts  tsan        yaem       kunundunne       stco    6 
ocean  (breakers)  |  he  heard  |  they  say.  |  "It  is  near,  |  my  grandmother, 

k'ade6      kakw?      guntiL      stcaitc      tc'in      ya«m      tatust^n 
soon.  "  |  "  Quickly  j  take  it  along,  |  my  grandchild,  '  '  |  she  said  |  they  say.  | 

He  took  it  out 

yacm    haoe    nonukkus    to     gunLuts162    stco    to     guni/utse    8 
they  say.  |  Long  time  |  it  floated  about.  |  Water  |  was  rough.  |  "My 

grandmother,  |  water  |  is  rough, 

stco      tatiisk'uts      yaem      tc'unt'an      no  61      kw?duk'      tats- 
my  grandmother.  "  |  He  pulled  it  out  |  they  say.  |  Acorns  |  mouldy  |  on 

top  |  he  ran  out 

us  La'     yaem     tc'i     tc'uLtcut     kw?tc6     buL     t^tsussas    yacm  10 
they  say.  |  Boat  |  he  caught  |  his  grandmother  |  with  |  he  dragged  out  | 

they  say. 

tc'i      natguLea6      yaem      stcaitc      ca      uLk'an      guctullie 
Boat  |  he  placed  on  end  I  they  say.  I  "My  grandchild,  I  for  me  I  build  a 

fire,  |  I  am  cold." 

stco      tc'unt'an      Lachae       dedune^cbun       kwon«dun       UL-  12 
'  '  My  grandmother,  |  acorn  |  one  only  |  you  may  put  in  fire  j  fire  place,  '  '  | 

he  told  her 


tc'in      yacm      kwtco      t^cac      stc5      tacae      tc'in      yacm 
they  say,  |  his  grandmother.  |  "I  am  going,  |  my  grandmother,  |  I  am  go 

ing,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

yoofi       dancoe       tc'qale       ctac       cgundanekwuc       CUL-  14 
"Over  there  |  somebody  |  walks,  |  my  father."  |  "~M.y  son-in-law  I 

guess  |  Huckleberry-water-place. 

ci  ye  to  dun163      do  kwa  tc  '  gul  le    hankwuc      kwuctge6      c  gun- 
No  one  has  sung  for  him     him  I  guess.  |  Let  me  look  at  |  my  son-in-law.  '  ' 


162  -Liits   seems   to   mean.   ' '  stout,  strong, ' '   referring   to   adverse   condi 
tion  of  the  tide. 

les  Cf.  Hupa  tcwiltc  "huckleberry"   (III,  14). 


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da  ne        ke  dun164       yae  ni        do  n  ke  hit '       nuc  I  ne        a  doc  yi 
He  died  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Nothing  too  bad  |  I  look  at  |  I  boast, 

2  cedunkwai       t'ac       k 'wun  na  nas  t$n  kwan165       yaem       yebie 
I  died."  j  Feather  |  he  had  waved  over  him  |  they  say.  |  House  in 

yetc'giinya      yaem       tc'ekkwbe  tcec      be  dun      ya€m      t'ae 
he  went  in  |  they  say.  |  His  mother-in-law  |  died     they  say.  |  Feather 

4  k'wunnanastan       yacm       ce  dun  ne  kwan  nan       tc'in       yaem 
he  waved  over  her  |  they  say.  |  "I  died,"  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

tc'sie      telan      te'si*      kagacan      yaem      tc'ek      nunustk?e€ 
Head,  |  whale  |  head  |  she  took  up  |  they  say.  |  Wives  |  got  up 

6  yaem      nakaehae      tc'ek      tc'unyan      kwaLun      yacm 
they  say  |  both  |  wives.  |  "Eat,"  |  they  told  him  |  they  say. 

site      na  kae  hae      c  gun  da  ne      kt0  to'  16s      k  'un  dun      to  nai 
' '  My  daughters  |  both,  |  my  son-in-law  |  lead  him.  |  Yesterday  |  fish 

8  nahesleae      ntcao      to  nai      kwan  hit      sai      tc'qots      naon- 
swam  along.  |  Big  |  fish  j  it  was  because  |  sand  |  it  broke  up.  |  It  will  come 

again  probably. 

dakwuc      ts'usqotde6      belkats      nowaotandja6      tatoLtuc- 

If  he  spears  it,  |  spear-pole  |  let  him  hand  you.  |  You  must  take  it  out  of 

the  water. 

10  bun      La€hae      ts'yanki       oLk'^ii      tc'in      yacm      naunte- 
One  |  woman  |  build  fire,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  It  swam  along. 

leo      do      to  nai  ye      cta€ye      ki/;sie      kw6ile      muL      nakt(?- 
"Not  |  fish  is.  |  My  father  it  is."  |  His  head  |  fire  |  with  J  he  beat  him 

12  neLgal      yaem      haiye      to  nai      nagullea      unqot      belkats 
they  say.  |  "That  |  fish  |  is  swimming  down.  |  Spear  it.  |  Fish-spear 

now^nticbun      s'usqot      yaem      tc'ek      wauntan      tayistin 
give  us."  |  He  speared  it  |  they  say.  |  Wives  |  he  gave  it  (spear).  |  He  took 

it  out  of  the  water 

14  yaem       6sic       naineLgal       yaem        kae        nahiduL       tc'in 

they  say.  |  Its  head  |  he  beat  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Well,  |  we  will  go  back, "  j  he 

said 

yae  ni      6  dae  bic      ye  yac  tc  'ul  la  hut      yai  hli,  tin      yae  ni      ye- 
they  say.  |  Its  mouth  in  |  they  put  their  hands  in  when  |  they  picked  it 

up  |  they  say.  |  House  in, 

16  bieune       yoon       yeble       yainuLtinut       ts'unkwostc       wun- 
f urther  j  house  in  |  they  brought  it  when  |  ' '  Pin-trout  j  he  must  have  mis 
taken  (?) 

is*  ke  dun  and  ce  dun  kwai  below  seem  to  be  verbs  with  the  pronouns  as 
objects.  The  construction  might,  however,  be  passive  or  the  possessive  of 
some  noun. 

IBS  The  expression  means  to  doctor  in  a  shamanistic  manner. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  129 

noguntakwai       c  gun  dam      tc'sie      ustci      teMii      tc'tteL- 
my  son-in-law.  |  Its  head  |  I  will  fix.  '  '  |  Water  toward  |  he  took  it 

tin         yae  ni         te'  na  tc  'us  dea        tan  nas  tin        tc  '  gun  tcai166 
they  say.  |  He  washed  it.  |  He  took  it  out.  |  He  buried  it 


yaem      kanagunean      yaem      djeeguLtceL167      yaem 

they  say.  |  He  took  it  out  |  they  say.  |  He  split  open  |  they  say  |  its  head. 

wauiikaii      yaem       buntcbul       cot       Lta       kwaLin       yaenl    4 
He  placed  before  him  |  they  say.  [  Yellow-hammer  |  in  vain  |  every  way  | 

he  did     they  say. 

tc'ek      yis  tceL  kwan  nail      ya€ni      tc'gunyan      yaem 
Wife  |  split  it  up  |  they  say.  |  He  ate  it  |  they  say. 

tc  'un  t  'an       o  no'  Ian       site       kw  to'  16s       c  gun  da  ni       na-    6 
"Acorns  |  go  after  |  my  daughters.  |  Take  along  |  my  son-in-law.  |  Let 

him  knock  them  off. 

noL  gaL  d  j  ae      La€  hae      tc  'un  t  'an      tc  '  ga  tc  '6  lee  d  j  ae      nak  kae 
One  |  acorn     let  him  crack  (?).  |  Two 

tc'toLk'asdjae       wo'  geLbun       tcun        bestankw^n        ya€m    8 
let  him  drop.  |  You  will  carry  them.  '  '  |  Stick  |  he  had  carried  up  |  they  say. 

6siedak'       naneLg^l       yaem       ts'y^nki       tea  yae  heL  tee'  168 
Her  head  over  |  he  beat  |  they  say.     Women  |  shouted 

yaem        ng,kkae        kiyee        datyatci        nosle        nunsuLgal  10 
they  say,  |  two  |  his.  |  (  '  Why  |  our  heads     you  beat  ? 

tc'unt'an       ^ndutt'eungl       nanagutyai       n^kkae       tc'un- 
Acorns  |  we  are  like.  "  j  He  came  down.  |  Two  |  acorns 

fan      tc'tteLk'as      yaeni      tbuLbie      noene^n      yaem       de-  12 
he  threw  |  they  say.  |  Burden  basket  in  |  he  put  them  )  they  say.     It  was 

full 

mun€       yaem       Lae       tbuLbie       noenean       yaem       demufi6 
they  say.  |  One  |  burden-basket  in  j  he  put     they  say.  |  It  was  full 

yaeni       yaehesgin        yaem        yebieune       yaenunin       yaem  14 
they  say.  |  They  carried  it  |  they  say.  |  House  to  |  they  brought  it  |  they 

say 

yebie       datyatci       do  ye       tcuii       bes  tan  kwan  hut       nona- 
house  in.  |  "  What  is  it  ?  >'     "  Nothing.  |  Stick  |  he  had  taken  up  |  without 

our  knowledge." 

taa  hae      d5  un  kwuL  kwoL  nuk  kwan  16 

"Why  didn't  you  tell  him?" 


166  Cf.  Hupa  root  -tcwai  -tcwa  (III,  275). 

167  Cf.  Hupa  djewiLkil  which  is  a  close  equivalent. 
IBS  Cf.  Hupa  kyateLtcwu  "it  cried"   (I,  342,  10). 


130  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

yi  na  uii       La6  ha6       na  nee       nun  ya       yae  m       c  gun  da  n! 
From  the  south  |  one  |  person  |  came  |  they  say.  |  "My  son-in-law 

2  buntc  bul        tc '  nun  yai        kwi  te  dug  ge  kwa  n$fi        kiv  wo'  16s- 
Yellow-hammer  |  has  come.  |  We  all  died."  |  "You  must  bring  him. 

bufi       k  'at  de6       guL  guL  dee       tc  'n  no  dac  dja6       kin  hae       ktr- 
Soon  |  it  is  evening  when  |  let  him  dance,  |  him.  |  We  will  look  at  him. ' ' 

4  nut  dul  in6  dja6       he  u6       k'at  de6       gl  duL  te  le       tc  'in       ya6  m 
"Yes  |  soon  |  we  will  come,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

tc'nunya      ya6m      buntc  bul      Leneeha6      tc'enya      yitcobi6 
He  came  |  they  say  |  Yellow-hammer.  |  All     went  out  |  dance-house  in. 

6  tc '  kwon  t  gets       Leneeha6       be  dun       ya€m       t'ae       kwsida6 
They  watched  him.  |  All  |  died  |  they  say.  |  Feather    his  head 

tc  'e  un  tan       ya6  m       k  'wut  na  nas  tan       yae  m       kwun  Lail  hae 
he  took  out  |  they  say.  |  He  waved  it  over  them  |  they  say.  |  Every  one 

8  na  nas  t  k  'ee      yae  ni      kwae      no'  dac      c  gun  da  ni      ka  no  tc  'n- 
got  up  [  they  say.  |  ' '  Quick,  |  you  dance     my  son-in-law,  |  he  will  look  at 

you. ' ' 

neL  I  mun      dan6      co6      gut  dut  da  ce      kiii      tc '  non  d^c      tc  'in 
( ( Long  time  |  in  vain  |  we  have  danced,  |  him,     let  him  dance, ' '     he  said 

10  yae  ni      tc '  gun  dac      yae  m      bel  ke6      yae  ni      kae      nin      nun- 
they  say.  |  He  danced  |  they  say.  |  He  finished  |  they  say.  |  "Well,  |  you  [ 

dance, 

dac      buntc  bul      yaen      yaem      heue      nucdac      te'in      yaenl 
Yellow-hammer"  |  they  said  |  they  say.  |  "Yes,  |  I  will  dance,"  |  he  said  j 

they  say. 

12  tc' nun  dac       yaem       ban  to6       dl       tc'nuneaii       yaem       tc'- 
He  danced  |  they  say.  |  Ocean  |  here  |  came  |  they  say.  |  He  danced. 

nun  dac        ban  to6        dl        buL  dai6  biektc        yitese^n        yaem 
Ocean  |  here  |  near  entrance  |  it  went  by  |  they  say. 

14  k'unduii       dokwat'm       d^ctmdji       k'undun       dokwat'm 
"Before  |  it  did  not  do  that.  |  Why  does  it  do  that?  |  Before  |  it  did  not  do 

that. 

be  ne  SIL  git  de109      banto6      benesiLgetde      ban  to6      tc'nnun- 
I  am  afraid  of  |  ocean.  |  I  am  afraid  of  |  ocean."  |  He  danced  until 

16  dac  kwa6        ban  to6        ye  yi  gun  eafi        ya6  ni        ye  bl6        na  nee 
ocean  |  came  in  |  they  say.  |  House  in  |  people 

nunuLkut      yaenl      to       demun6      ya€nl      yitcobi6      bana- 
floated  |  they  say.  |  Water  |  it  was  full  |  they  say.  |  Dance-house  |  post 


Cf.  Hupa  ml  nes  git  "it  was  afraid"  (I,  295,  4). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  131 

t'ai170      nun  s  'us  t  'a      yaem      buntcbul      tcm      tc'in      yaem 
he  flew  against  |  they  say  |  Yellow-hammer.  |  "tcin"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

betc'madut     tc'uLtcutdut     banto6     nan  n  do6     yaem      don-    2 

He  embraced  it  when     he  caught  it  when  |  ocean  I  became  none  again  | 

they  say.  |  ' '  Some  kind 

kl        an  t  'e  kwai        c  gun  da  ni        na  kw  to'  16s       na  kw  te  go  16s 
you  must  be,  |  my  son-in-law. ' '  j  "Take  him  home."  |  They  took  him 

home 

yac  ni      na  kwon  ut  16s      ye  bie  4 

they  say.  |  They  led  him  back  |  house  in. 

kacbie      na  hue  d^c  te  le      tc'in      yaem      tc'ek      nuL      ta- 

* '  Tomorrow  |  I  am  going  home, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Wife  |  ' '  With 

you  |  I  will  go 

ca,ctele      kax3bie      ci      Lae      nuL      t^caxjtele      tc'in      yaem    6 

tomorrow. "  j  "I  j  too  |  with  you  |  I  will  go, ' '  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

na  hes  t  ya      Le  dun      yo  oil      Lon  tc  gee  nects      tc  'un  t  'an      de- 
He  started  back  j  morning.  |  Over  there  |  Long-eared  mouse  |  acorn     had 

put  in  the  fire 

t  gul  dele  kwa,n         ya€m       kwon6         tc '  neL  sus  kwan         yaem     8 
they  say.  |  Fire  |  had  gone  out  |  they  say. 

Lae  hae      6  sa  ye      de  dun  e§,c      nuL  die  ni  un  gl      c  tco      na  huc- 
"  'One  only  |  its  shell  |  you  put  in  fire'  |  I  told  you.  |  My  grandmother  | 

I  am  going  back." 

d^ctele        heue        nahiduL        Lon  tc  gee  nects        tc' teLtcot171  10 
"Yes,  |  we  will  go  back."  |  Long-eared  mouse  |  stole 

yae  ni      tc  'un  t  'an      non  k  tcuii      Lor  ka      kl  da  ye      L  tao      tci- 
they  say,  |  acorns,  |  tarweed  seeds,  |  grass  seeds,  |  flowers,  |  black  oak,  | 

white  oak, 

tcaii       untc'waitco       laci6      tkoicts       nadeL       nunkwostm  12 

sweet  oak,  |  buckeyes,  |  chestnuts,  |  sugar-pines,  |  wild  cherries, 

k'aie      kae       tc'I       ta  noetic  tele       tan^nk'uts       yaenl       kae 
hazel  nuts.  |  "Well,  |  canoe  |  I  will  take  back."     He  took  it  down  |  they 

say.  |  "Quick 
bi^nuns^t      ciyee      tc'ek      nm      iae      bienuns^t      nesdunne  14 

in  it  sit,  |  my  |  wife.  |  You  |  too  |  in  it  sit.  |  It  is  far. 

tutbulle      nahekuts      tc'I      tancowe      tancowe      tancowe 
It  rains.  |  It  goes  fast  |  canoe.     Tancowe,  |  tancowe,  |  tancowe, 

tciil       tc'in       ya^ni       ylst'ot       hlguttiL       ya^nl       ylsinun   16 
tcin"  [  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Fog  |  came  |  they  say.  |  "From  the  west 


170  ba  "main,  chief,"  nat'ai  "it  stands  vertical."     The  center  post  of 
the  dance-house  seems  to  have  been  sacred. 

171  This  verb  is  a  common  name  for  mouse  in  Athapascan. 


132  University  of  California  Publications.   [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

kakt0        nanttiL        stcaitc        tc'in        yaem        Lon  tc  gee  nects 
quickly,  |  bring  it  back,  |  my  grandchild,"  |  she  said  |  they  say,     Long- 

eared  mouse. 

2  taLeut       tc'ek        nan  n  do6       yaeni        t  gun  nast  gets        tc'ek 
Ocean  middle  |  wife  |  was  not  again  |  they  say.  |  He  looked  back.  |  Wife 

n  doe      yae  m      Lae      tc  'ek      ble  sta      yae  m      nes  dun  ne      ta  tci 
was  not  |  they  say.  |  Other  |  wife  |  in  it  was  sitting  |  they  say.  [  "It  is 

far.  |  Where 

4  nat       UL  tc'in       yacm       Lae       tc'ek       do  ye       nahestyaye 
your  sister?"  |  he  asked  |  they  say.  |  Other  |  wife  |  "Is  not.  |  She  went 

home. 

yis  t  '6t        an  dut  t  'e  ye        ta  Leut        tet  bile        yac  ni        t  ga  ma 
Fog  |  we  are."  |  Ocean  middle  |  it  rained  |  they  say.  |  By  the  shore 

6  tc'ek      na  hestyakwan      yaem      tanas  tya      tc'I      tc'eLtcut 
wife  |  had  gone  back  |  they  say.  |  He  went  out.     Canoe     he  caught. 

tanas  sas       stco       kae       tanundac        djanhae        sun  da  bun 
He  pulled  it  out.  j  l  (  My  grandmother,     well,  |  come  out.  |  Here  |  you  will  sit. 

8  sa'  dun      nahucda      skik      6nuctgeedjae 
Alone  |  I  will  go  back.  |  Children  |  I  will  look  at." 

nauntyai      yiteobi6      yenagutyai      na  nes  tin      yiteobi* 
He  came  back.  |  Dance-house  |  he  went  in.  |  He  lay  down     dance-house  in. 

10  skits       nakkae       yitco       6  ts  'e  k  'e  bie172       ye  yae  gut  ge  kwan 

Boys  |  two  |  dance-house  |  its  navel  in     they  had  looked  in 

yaem       nakuctesnai       cnan       stae       kwullicts173       s  'us  tin 
they  say.  |  They  ran  back.  |  "My  mother,  |  my  father     something  like  | 

is  lying 

12  Inin      kwtuk      haiyihae      kwkwee      do  a  n5n  age  hit      deka 
in  a  corner  |  up.  |  That  only  |  his  foot."  |  "Don't  lie  about  it."  j  "There 

kwon  t  guc       he  ue       kw5c  t  ge€       tc  '  ne  guL  me       ye  tc  '  gun  yai 
look."  |  "Yes,  |  I  will  look."  |  She  looked  at  him.  |  She  went  in. 

14  ciyecdun       nantyaunkw^n       tc'ek       osle       na  hel  sut  '  kw^n 
"My  husband,  |  have  you  come  back?"  |  Wives  |  their  heads  |  had  been 

shorn 


yaem      n^kkaehae      dje^       osunta6      ulaik'      t 

they  say  |  both.  |  Pitch  |  their  foreheads  |  their  tops  |  they  had  smeared 

16  yaem      skits      nakaehae      usuntae      ulaik'      tc'guLLekwan 

they  say.  |  Boys  |  both  |  their  foreheads  |  their  tops  |  they  had  smeared 


172  The  smoke-hole  of  the  dance-house. 

173  The  diminutive  seems  to  be  attached  to  this  verb-like  form. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  133 

yaeni       aLte       yenund^c       yebie      tc'guntcea       nakkaeha6 
they  say.  [  ''Well,  |  come  in  |  house  in."  |  They  cried  |  both 

tc  'ek      yae  ni      tc  'an      na  ti  guc  lean      yae  m  2 

wives  |  they  say.  |  Food  |  he  ate  |  they  say. 

k'lfi       cnee       k'm       se       t  bo  lets       stcodjiL       ulle       se- 
"  Juneberry  |  my  back,  |  juneberry.  |  Stone  |  round  |  my  kidneys  |  be 
come.  |  Stone  flat  small 

nteLts       csakee       ulle       tc'in       yaem       yiban       nocuLgaL  4 
my  spleen     become, ' '  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Other  side     throw  me. 

hai  un  tcufi      no  CUL  gaL      tc  'in      yae  ni 
This  side  |  throw  me,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

kwun  Lan 

All. 

X.— WOLF  STEALS  COYOTE'S  WIFE. 

tc'sitcuri      tc'tteLban      datcajie      cteunus    tehefi    nacae  Q 
Coyote  |  was  lame.  [  Baven.  |  "  Carry  me  [  creek  to.  |  I  will  go  about. 

ca       ts'ie       ULtci       tonai       ts'ie       stcigunyane       guLk'^n 
For  me  |  brush  |  make.  |  Fish  |  brush  |  I  want.  |  Build  a  fire 

kwoii€       uctelieiin       nacbane       belget       k'wunnolac       bel-  8 
fire.  |  1  might  be  cold  (?)  |  I  am  lame.     Spear  head  [  put  on  |  spear  pole. 

kats        to  nai         na  on  te  le'  un        na  nun  eai17*        kwun  k  'e€l75 
Fish  |  may  come.  |  Fish-weir  |  its  poles 

6'  Ian      k  'ufi€      buL      gul  lie  bun      tc '  gul  tel     no  lie     Lets     dan  10 
go  after.  |  Hazel  |  with  |  must  be  tied.  |  Spread  a  bed.  |  Put  them  down. 

Earth  |  pile 

uLtci       kwailubbun       k'atde6        tc'in        yacni       nanuiieaie 
make.  [  Fire  will  be  |  soon,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fish-weir 

bi  nee      o  de  Ian      tc '  kak '  ba  tse     6'  la^i    kae      nan  dil  eae      ts  'Ie  12 
its  back  |  we  will  get.  |  Net  bow  |  bring.  |  Quickly,  |  we  will  put  across.  | 

Brush 

c  ga  gul  lac      tc  'in      yae  ni      be  niL  kee  e      tc 't  dae      UL  tci     dje' 
hand  me,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  have  finished.  |  Mouth  |  make.  |  Pitch- 
wood 

6  dil  Ian       sk'ee       6  Ian       cginae       tc'in       yaem       Lakwit  H 
we  will  get.  |  Mush  |  bring.  |  I  am  hungry, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Any- 
way, 

174 " Has  horizontal  position."  Cf.  Hupa  tcwitc  noninadin  (I,  353, 
14). 

17s  Possibly  "its  ribs,"  that  is,  the  slanting  poles  resting  on  the 
stringer  which  is  called  bine6  "its  back"  below. 


134  University  of  Calif  ornia  Publications.   [AM.ARCH.ETH 

bee  eaie      na  hun  dac      6  djiii  kwic      nac  ba  ne      k  'iin      do  kwa- 
I  will  try.  I  Go  home.  |  About  day  probably.  J  I  am  lame."  |  Before  |  he 

didn't  do  that. 

2  t'ln      naseuts176      yaem      tc'ek      kwniLine      yaem      ts'ibie 
He  ran  about  |  they  say.  |  Wife  |  looked  at  him  |  they  say.  |  Brush  in 

s'usk'an          yaem          naseuts          yaem          haai          tc'ek 
he  built  a  fire  |  they  say.  |  He  ran  about  |  they  say.  |  Long  time  |  wife 

4  ki0  neL  me       yae  ni        tc  'ek        na  hes  t  yai       yae  ni       tc  '  si  tcufi 
looked  at  him  |  they  say.  |  Wife  |  went  home  |  they  say.     Coyote 

nas  ^ts      se       n  tcao       na  iin  guL  eae  e       n  tcaa       d5  naL  ba  ne 
ran  about.  |  Stones  (?)      large  |  he  put  across,  |  large.  |  He  wasn't  lame. 

6  skoloekwaii        tc'ek        tonai        yon  g§  Ian        yaem        tcoyi 
He  was  pretending.  |  Wife  |  fish  |  went  after  |  they  say,     again 

yebi6       tc'  si  tcufi        nanguLeaee        nahucda       tc'in       yaem 

house  in.  j  '  *  Coyote  |  has  built  a  dam.  |  I  go  back,  '  '  |  she  said  j  they  say. 

8  tats  kwuL  tan      yaem      yiskanit      dohaenantya      yaem      ka€ 
(Nobody  at  home)     they  say.  |  It  was  day  when  |  he  didn't  come  back  I 

they  say.  |  <  *  Well 

kwuctgeedja€       t  'a  din  coe  kwic       kwuctge6djae        tc'sitcun. 

I  will  watch  him.  |  Something  is  wrong.  |  I  will  watch  |  Coyote.  '  ' 

10  skits        kwuLstai        yaem        n^kkae        t5nai        tc'kackwan 
Boys  |  with  him  stayed  |  they  say  |  two.  |  Fish     he  had  netted 

yaem      tastes      tonai      ts'ttankwan      yacm      skits      yaen- 
they  say.  |  He  cut  them.  |  Pish  |  he  ate    they  say.  |  Boys  |  were  asleep 

12  teslaLkwan        yaem        onae       tc'tt^nkwan        yaem        skits 
they  say.  |  Alone  |  he  had  eaten  |  they  say.  |  Boy 

tc'ecnsut'       yaem       Lae      uyac       tc'eensut'       yaem       tonai 
woke  up  |  they  say.  |  Another  |  small  |  woke  up  |  they  say.  |  Fish 

14  usunc       yiLs^n       yaem       tonai  ye       dousuneyl       di       tc'in 


its  meat  |  he  found  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Fish  are.  "  |  '  '  It  is  not  meat  |  this,  '  '  | 

he  said 

yacm      doyi      do  tonai      Liicditco      ^nt'eye      tc'in      yacm 
they  say.  |  ''It  is  not.  |  Not  fish,  |  rotten  log  |  it  appears,"  |  he  said  |  they 

say. 

16  do  ye      tonai  ye      tc'in      yaem      unae      tc'ttankwaii      yaem 
"It  is  not  I  fish,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.     By  himself  |  he  had  eaten  |  they 

say. 

do  ye       dus  t  'e  ko  ne       an  t  'e  ye       na  GO'  nic       k  'un  dun       te 
"It  is  not,  I  madrone  berries  |  it  is  |  you  played  with  |  yesterday."  |  In 

water 


176  Cf.  Hupa  nas  its  ei  (I,  294,  3  and  III,  212). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  135 

to  nai      tc '  gun  ciik  kwan177      yae  ni      te'  no  na  16s  kwan      yae  ni 
fish  |  he  had  strung     they  say.  |  He  had  dragged  in  water  |  they  say. 

yis  kan        n  do  ye        na  ho'  duL        UL  tc  'in        yae  ni        no'  nan     2 

It  was  day.  |  ''None.  |  Go  home/'  |  he  told  them  |  they  say.  |  "Your 

mother 

kwoL  koL  nuk  bun      tc'in      yaem      kae      kwoctgeedja€      tc'si- 
you  will  tell, ' '  \  he  said     they  say.  |  * l  Well,     I  will  see  J  Coyote. 

tcun        k'aitbuL        tucge6      kun  neL  t 'ats  kwan      yaeni      da-    4 
Burden-basket     I  will  carry. ' ;     He  had  been  cutting  up     they  say.     He  had 

put  on  a  frame 

noL  deL  kwan       yae  ni       Lan       to  nai       te'  nuk  '178       tc 't  tes  ya 
they  say  |  many  |  fish.  |  Upstream  |  he  went 

yaem      tc'ek      k'aitbuL      kwgunm      tc'ek      ku  wan  tc 't  teL-    6 
they  say.  |  Wife  |  burden-basket  |  brought  down  |  wife  |  from  him  she 

stole. 

tcot      yebieuiie      hi  tes  gin      yaem      tc'sitcun      kinneLt'ats- 
House  to  I  she  carried  them  j  they  say.  I  "Coyote  I  had  been  cutting  up 

(fish)" 

ekwanaJi      tc'in      yaenl      be  no  sun      to  nai      ta  nan  6  da  u  lene    8 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Hide  |  fish.     He  might  come  again," 

tc'in     yaem      tc 'a  hal  L  tso  wit      to  nai      ku  wa  tc '  ga  bile      k'e- 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  Frog  blue  small  |  fish  |  she  gave.  |  She  pounded 

gunsut      tc'unt'an      yaem  10 

acorns  |  they  say. 

ylcts       intcee       kinnelt'ats       tc'nnufiin       yaem       be  no- 
Wolf  j  venison  |  cut  in  strips  |  he  brought  |  they  say.  |  She  hid 

gussun      intce6      doliaetc'oLs^ndjae      tc'in      yaem      nahuc-  12 
venison.  |  "Do  not  let  him  find  it,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  am  going 

home. 

da      tax?coe       nacdadja6179       tc'in       yaem       intcee       nesoL- 
Sometime  |  I  will  come  again,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.      "Venison  |  you  will 

have  eaten  up  when 

van  kwan  dee        necaekwuc        tc'in        ya€m        tenoneacbufi  14 
I  may  come  back,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "You  must  put  in  water 

tc'unt'an        nouLciebuii        Lan        tatdegiicbun        tc'unt'an 
acorns,  j  You  must  put  in  the  ground.  |  Many     we  will  carry.  |  Acorns 


177  Of.  Hupa  kyu  wit  tcwok  kei  "they  are  strung  on  a  line"  (I,  165,  8). 

178  Used  by  the  Eel  river  dialects  in  this  form  to  indicate  motion  in 
the  bed  of  a  stream.    Cf .  di  nuk '. 

179  The   suffix  -djae   seems   to  indicate  intention,   while   -kwuc  in  ne  ca- 
kwuc   below   expresses   the   less   certain   probability   of   the   time   of  his 
arrival. 


136  University  of  Calif  ornia  Publications.    [  AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 


tc  'UL  tuk  bun      Lee  ut       tc  'UL  tuk  buil       tc  'un  t  'an       kwun 

you  must  crack.     Night  in  |  you  must  crack  |  acorns.  |  Every 

2  yiLkai      conk'      kwaLimun      nad§geebun      dak'wut  djuLsai- 
day  |  well  [  you  must  do  it.  |  We  will  carry  them.  |  Drying  platform 

bi€l80       da  bie  no  gun  kac  bun       6lsaidjae        Leneehae        intce€ 
we  will  put  them  on.  |  Let  them  dry  |  all.  |  Venison 

4  La  ne        c  gun  dun        tc  'in        yae  ni        n  tus  16s  te  le        han  dut 
much  |  my  house/  '  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I  will  take  you  |  next  time. 

nes  dun      ti  duL  te  le      da  sits      n  huL      s  kik      na  kae  hae      gul- 
Far  |  we  will  go  |  soon.  |  With  us     children  |  both  |  you  will  bring/' 

6  lostele      tc'in      yaem      nanec      tcoyi      nunyai      yaem      ta- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  Person  |  again  |  came     they  say.  |  "  Where 

djl       tc'sltcun       do  ye       dok'un       k'tteqot       donaundace 
Coyote?"  |  "He  is  not.  |  Not  recently  |  he  went  spearing.  |  He  doesn't 

come  back. 

8  dokwoctgucce      t'adinc6ekwuc      teLbane      do  c  djl  ~kw  ya  ne 
I  do  not  go  to  see  him.  |  For  some  reason  |  he  is  lame.  |  I  do  not  like  him. 

do  kw  nuc  me  te  le     tc'in      yaem      tacoe     kw5ctgeedjae    to  nai 
I  will  not  look  at  him,"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Sometime  |  I  will  see 

him.  |  Fish 

10  tc'ongllane        tonai        ndoye        tonai        Lafiungi        tonai 
I  went  after.  |  Fish  |  were  not.  '  '  |  '  '  Fish  |  are  plentiful.     Fish 

Lan      c  gun  dun      tc  'in      yae  m      na  nee      Lae  hae      nun  ya  hut 
many  |  my  house,  "  |  he  said  |  they  say  J  person  |  one  |  came  when. 

12  sut  yug  gi  hae      to  nai      ke  n  do  kwan      to  nai      Lan  ufi  gi      tc  'in 
"You  only  ones  |  fish  |  are  none.  |  Fish     are  plentiful,"  |  he  said 

yae  ni        tc  '  si  tcufi        do  s  d  ji  kw  ya  ne        tc  'in        ya€  m      ta  coc 

they  say.  |  '  '  Coyote  |  I  do  not  like,  '  '  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Sometime 

14  tacyg,ctele       tc'kwull6eut       nes  dun       tegiyai       sdjiyane 
I  will  go  away,  |  he  pretended  because.  |  Far  |  I  will  go  |  I  like. 

do  c  noL  me  kwuc      tc  'in      yae  ni 
You  will  not  see  me,"  |  she  said     they  say. 

16         tcoyi  hac   yicts    intcee    tc'nnunifi    yaeni    intcee    nesoLyan 
Again  |  wolf  |  venison  |  brought  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Venison     you  have  eaten 

up? 

intce6      6dai€      ts'ible      nonigine      dok'un      dane      myaye 
Venison  |  outside  |  brush  in  |  I  put.  |  Not  recently  |  sometime  ago,  |  I  came. 


da-  indicates  something  raised,  -k'wiit-  "upon,"  -sai  "to  dry,"  bie 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  137 

no  nuc  I  ne      to      on  gi  la  ne      nuc  I  ne      tc  'in      ya€  ni      in  tcee 
I  looked  at  you.  |  Water     I  brought.  |  I  looked  at  you,"  |  lie  said  |  they 

say.  |  "Venison 

oclan     kunduntc     nomgine     cuLgunyaL     do     un.     tc'sitcun     2 
I  go  after.  |  Near  by  |  I  put  it  down.  |  With  me  will  you  go?  |  Not  | 

Coyote 

donaundaxj      doyi      dona  un  dace      dandji      to  nai      uiiai- 
come  back?"  |  "No.  |  He  hasn't  been  back."  |  "Somebody  |  fish  |  given 

you?" 

eac181      tc  'in      yae  ni      to  nai       do  dan  co€      c  gai  ea  ce      in  tcee    4 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Fish  |  nobody  |  gives  me.  |  Venison 

hai      nun  in182      k'undit      hai      can      tc'tdaiyane      doha€- 
that  |  you  brought  |  before  |  that  |  only     we  eat. "  |  "I  might  go  spearing. ' ' 

k'ttesiqodi       do  ye       tc'sitcuil       n  dji  tc 'OL  tuk  un       doha€    6 
"No.  |  Coyote  |  might  kill  you.  |  Do  not 

to  nai      6'  Ian      di  hae      in  tcee      La  ne      Lan  hit      an  t  'e  ye      dl 
fish  |  go  after.  ]  This  |  venison  |  is  much.  |  Much     it  appears."  |  "This 

tc'yantc        intcee        waneax?ufi        heue        waceace        ntcao    g 
old  woman  |  venison  |  did  you  give?"  |  "Yes.  |  I  gave  |  large," 

tc'in      yaem      tatci    nahundacteL      haoe      si  da  tele      tacoe 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  "When  |  will  you  go  back?"  |  "Long  time  |  I  will 

stay.      Sometime 

na  hue  da  kwuc      tc'in      yaem      tc'unt'an      tuiiucbun      na-  10 
I  will  go  back, "  |  he  said  j  they  say.     ' '  Acorns  |  you  will  carry  |  if  you  go 

back, ' ' 

hesuntyade*      tc'in      yaem      heue      tc'in      yaem      nahuc- 
he  said  |  they  say.     ' '  Yes, ' '  |  she  said     they  say.  |  "  I  will  go  back 

dactele      tacoe      ^,1      uctcie      nun,      t§,cae      ^1       ondull^fi  12 
sometime."  |  "Wood  |  I  will  make."  |  "With  you  |  I  will  go.  |  Wood  |  we 

will  get. 

k'aitbuL      guneL      dje?       ca      uLtcie      k'atdee      gucgelbun 
Burden-basket      you  carry.   |  Pitchwood   |  for  me   |  make.      Soon   |  I  will 

carry  it. 

tadjl      neon      nuc  tan      neon      kwone      tc'unsuts      odiill^n  14 
Where  |  good  |  I  get  it  |  good  j  fire?  |  Bark  |  we  will  get 

Lsai       6cest      buLtco      kullussee      neon      k'aitbuL      nun- 
dry.  |  Maul,     elkhorn  wedge,  |  dry  bark  |  is  good.  |  Burden-basket  |  take 

up," 

un  uc      tc  'in      yae  ni      n  L^II      ^1      La  ne      se  k  'ut     ca     6'  lafi  15 

he  said  |  they  say.  [  ' '  Much  |  wood,  |  many  |  mealing  stone  |  for  me  |  get, ' ' 


isi  The  g  must  have  disappeared  after  n.    Cf.  cgai  a  ce  below. 
182  The  g,  the  initial  of  the  root,  is  assimilated  or  displaced  by  the 
preceding  n.    See  gucgelbun  below.     Cf.  Hupa  root  -wen  etc.  (Ill,  226). 


138  University  of  California  Publications.   [ AM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

tc  'in       yae  ni       tc  'un  t  'an        tut  de  gee        nes  duii       noe  dul  cle 
she  said  |  they  say.  j  ' '  Acorns  |  we  will  carry  |  far.  |  We  will  put  down 

2  yibafi      tc'uLtuk      datceL      do  tco  ic  tcls  tel      tc 'tint 'an      daL- 
over  there.  |  Crack  them.  |  Storage  bin.  |  I  am  not  going  to  leave  I  acorns.  I 

Why 

in  gi       in  tcee       ca  ni       tc  'un  yan  un  kwan       coe      Lan.       in  tcee 
venison  |  only  |  you  have  eaten?"  |  "In  vain  |  much  j  venison 

4  nun  uc       in  tee6       Lan       uc  ga  ne       to  nai       La  ne       c  gun  dun 

you  bring. "  \  ' '  Deer  |  many  |  I  kill.  |  Fish  |  are  many      my  house. 

gestco      kinnelt'ats      Lane      k'aitbuLLgaibi6      Lane      non- 
Elk  |  cut  in  strips  |  is  much  |  burden  basket  white  in     is  much.     Tarweed 

seed 

6  k '  tcufi      La  ne      tc  'a  la      La  ne       c  gun  dun      t  ko  icts       La  ne 
is  much,  j  Sunflower  seed  |  is  much  j  my  house.  |  Chestnuts  |  are  many 

c  gun  dun      Lane      nanec      yi  tco  ye  hut      tc'in      yaem      tc'ek 
my  house.  |  Are  many  |  people  |  dance-house  because,"  |  he  said  |  they 

say.  |  Wife 

8  UL  tc  'in       yae  ni       na  nee        Lan  dun        n  tus  16s  te  le       da  sits 
he  told  |  they  say.  |  ' '  People  |  many  |  I  will  take  you.  |  Sometime 

tc'an         Lane  hut         tacanha6         giduL         do  kw?  nus  sun  ne 
food  |  much.  |  What  way  |  we  go  |  1  do  not  know. 

10  kwun  ye  I  dub  kwuc       tc'sitcun       na  no  tc 'UL  kee  u  leil€ 
Underground  we  will  go.  |  Coyote  |  might  track  us." 

tc'sitcun      taxinatyai      to  nai      binee    cwults    tc'kak'bie 

Coyote,  |  he  went  from  water.  |  Fish     back  |  small  |  net  in 

12  noun  tan  kwan       yaem       tcllgaitc       be  tc  'us  geL  kwan       yaenl 
he  had  put  |  they  say.  |  Sore  tail  (  he  had  tied  up  |  they  say. 

na  gul  t  ban       yae  ni       skits       c  nan       tc '  si  tcun       na  gut  dal 
He  limped  along  |  they  say.  |  Boy  |  "My  mother,  |  Coyote  |  is  coming 

back!  " 

14  sk  'ee       bi6  o'  luts       yi  na  gut  yai        no  LO  k  'e       ni  gi  ne       hakto 
"Mush  |  in  urinate."  |  He  came  in.  |  "Your  salmon  |  I  bring.  |  Out  there 

buL  daic  dun        no  ni  gi  ne        to  nai       tc  'n  ne  SIL  t  'ats        tc '  teL- 
by  the  door  |  I  put  down.  |  Fish  |  I  cut  up     someone  had  stolen. ' ' 

16  tcotyekwanan      sk'ee      kaguLtsea      buL      te  gunk '6  tee      ceL- 
Mush  |  he  tasted     when  |  it  was  sour.  |  CeLciyetodun 

cl  ye  to  dun        st'6c        kwut  te  seL  sut '        dohaegegin        yaem 
nearly  |  it  fell  off.     She  didn  't  bring  it  in  |  they  say. 

18  yiskan      hata      sgin      yacm      dodanco6      tait'as      tc'oLke- 
Dayligh"-  |  there  |  it  was  |  they  say.  |  Nobody  |  cut  it.  |  "You  do  not  like  it 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  139 

gan       a  no' t  'e       na  hue  dac  te  le       be  nac  eaie  te  le       ha  Ge  kwuc 
you  are.  j  I  am  going  back,  j  I  will  try  again.  |  Long  time  probably 

nak  kae      ca      be  6  dun  kwuc      no  dji  do  6  sut  dim      na  cae  kwan-    2 
two  I  moons  |  will  die.  |  Do  not  be  lonesome.  |  I  may  be  around 

hit        an  t  'e  bun  kwuc        tc  'in        yae  m        na  hes  t  ya        te'  huii 
it  will  be, ' '  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  went  back  |  stream  to, 

tc'kak'      tesginut      nantyai      yicts      dounnaundac      cun-    4 
net  |  he  carried.  |  Came  back,  |  Wolf.  |  ' '  Hasn  't  he  been  back,  |  my  cousin 

dl  ko      tc '  si  tcufi 
Coyote?" 

tc  'un  t  'an       k^c  bie       tut  d§  gee       nes  dun       no  dul  cle  djae    6 

1 '  Acorns  j  tomorrow  |  we  will  carry.  |  Far  |  we  will  put  in  the  ground. 

tcoyiha6        tc'unt'an        tutd§ge€        nes  dun        nodulciedja€ 
Again  |  acorns  j  we  will  carry.  |  Far  |  we  will  put  down,'' 

tc'in         yaeni         tcoyihae         tc'unt'an         tutde.gee         nes-    8 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Again  |  acorns  |  we  will  carry  |  far," 

dun      tc'in      yaem      tcoyiha6     tc'unt'an      tutd§ge€      te' no- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' *  Again  j  acorns  |  we  will  carry  |  we  will  put  in  water, ' ' 

dug  gec      tc  'in      yae  m      t  gat      UL  tci  tel      kac  bie      tun  uc  bun  10 

he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Mouldy  |  you  will  make.  |  Tomorrow  |  you  will  carry. 

sk'ee       dunk'ots      sdjiyane       dantegi       tc'yantc       s  'us  da- 
Mush  |  sour     I  like.  |  How  |  old  woman  |  must  stay  I ' ' 

bun      kwa      intcee     Lan     kwuL      no  na  dug  gee  djae      tc'yantc  12 

' '  For  her  j  venison  |  much  |  with  her  |  we  will  leave. ' '  \  ( l  Old  woman 

do  ha€  wan  kwul  luk  bun  djac      buL      hinuk'      nes  dun      ti  duL- 
you  must  not  tell  him  |  when  |  south  |  far  |  we  shall  go. 

tele       sa' dun       sundabundjae        do  s  tci  do  sut  te  le       kwata  u 
Alone  |  you  will  stay. "  \  "I  will  not  be  lonesome.     Any  way 

tunyac       stcontcic       tc' si  tcufi       s  tci  tc 'OL  tuk  djae       kwata 
you  go.  I  You  may  leave  me.  |  Coyote  |  let  him  kill  me  |  anyway, ' ' 

tc'in       yaem       do  ha€  nan  dac  bun        c  gun  dam       stcootge6-  ie 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  "You  must  not  come  back.  |  My  son-in-law     let  him 

come  to  see  me. 

djae      intce*      tc'nnog§edjae      stc'une      dodancoe      stciyiL- 

Venison     let  him  bring  |  to  me.  |  Nobody  |  will  kill  me. ' ' 

tuk  tele      tc'unt'an      do  tcos  tcic  te  le      Lan      tc'unt'an      tee-  is 
"Acorns  |  I  will  not  leave.  |  Many  |  acorns  |  are  mouldy 

guttganne      yiL  tcut  na  ge  yai  bun      naneLyan      neon      nuL 
you  will  take.  |  Sprouted,  |  good  |  with  you. 


140  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

te'  no  ni  gi  ne      k  'ai  t  buL  bie      la  cle      te'  no  m  gin      to  guc  bun 
I  put  in  water.  J  Burden  basket  in  |  buckeyes  |  I  put  in  water.  |  Let  him 

carry. 

2   tacodec      $1      gundoede€      cgiindane      ste'une      al      tc'oL- 
If  some  day  |  wood  |  is  gone  if  |  my  son-in-law  j  for  me      wood  I  let  him 

get," 

tei*djac      tc'in      ya*m      al      stciyane      tutbuLtelit      dje' 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  ''Wood  |  I  like.  |  It  will  rain.  |  Pitchwood 

4  stciyane      na  tc '  nun  dm  bun      Lee      sidai      tc'ucduke     tc'in 
I  like.  |  It  will  be  light.  |  At  night  |  I  sit.  |  I  crack  them,"  |  she  said 

yaeni       sie       tguntcade        dockakee       k'undufi       d5       al 
they  say.  |  * l  Head  j  is  sick.  |  I  am  not  well.  |  Yesterday  |  not  |  wood 

6  uctciye      aj      Lan      stciyane      dodanco6      naci       uctclae 
I  made.  |  Wood  |  much  |  I  want.  |  Nobody  |  came  (?)  |  I  cried. 

stcidosut       wunta       Lee       si  da  ye       Lee       nesdun       sidai 
I  am  lonesome.  |  Some  |  nights  |  I  sit,  |  night  |  long.  |  I  sit, 

8  n$kkae      yiLkai      sgiyal      tc'in      yaenl      tatdji      na  ho  tun- 
two  |  nights.  |  I  am  sleepy, ' '  \  she  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  When  |  will  you 

move?" 

n^cteL      tc'unt'an      dodultage      kakw;      bunkwuc      ylban- 

' '  Acorns  |  we  have  not  carried.  |  Soon  |  will  be.  |  Six  only 

10  Laehae        k'aitbuL        nontnaee        kacbic        tut  dug  guc  te  le 
burden  baskets  |  are  left.  |  Tomorrow  |  we  will  carry," 

tc'in      ya€m      tcoyiha*      tut  dug  guc  te  le       k'aitbuL       n^k- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Again     we  will  carry.  |  Burden  baskets  j  two-two 

12   kaenakkae        k'aitbuL  tele        n^kka        tcoyihae        k'aitbuL 
burden  baskets  will  be.  |  Two  |  again  |  burden  baskets 

tut  dug  guc  te  le       cnan       n  tcon  dut  tcic  te  le       k^,cble       k'ait- 
we  will  carry."  |  "My  mother,  |  we  will  leave  you  j  tomorrow.  |  Burden 

baskets 

14  buL       nakkae       nontnaee       tiduLtele       cnail       tc'akutbl* 

two  |  are  left.  |  We  will  go.  |  My  mother  |  hole  in 

kwun  ye  hi  duL  te  le      nun  kwi  ye      gi  duL  te  le 
we  will  go.  |  Ground  under  |  we  will  go. ' ' 

16         nesdun      mkts      gunyab      do  n  heL  kee  te  le      donotc'guL- 
"Far  |  slowly  |  you  go."  |  "He  won't  track  us,  |  he  won't  track  us 

along, 

keetele      tc'sitcuii      nesdune      ts'usno6      ntcaoe      nesek'a 
Coyote."  |  "It  is  far.  |  Mountain  |  large.  |  The  long  way 

18   ts'Ie       ntceee       haihit'       tcace       nadulyic       nuns^t       kae 
brush     bad  |  because  |  I  go.  |  We  will  rest.  |  Sit  down.  |  Come, 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  141 

be  duL  kw$n  te  hit      ci      gucgeL      k'aitbuL      d6nheeun      do- 
we   have  climbed  when   I  I      I  will  carry      burden  basket.   |   Are  you 

tired?"      "I  am  tired." 

yiheee      tk'undun      kasidele      yooii      Lut      uLsaji      heu€    2 
"Kidge  |  we  came  up.  |  Way  over  |  smoke  |  do  you  see?"     "Yes, 

Lut       us  sa  ne       nee  n  tea'  dun        nun  ya  kwan       do  yi  hee  un  gi 
smoke  J  I  see."  |  "Country  large  |  you  have  come."     "I  am  tired." 

ca'  nae      na  ni  duL      na  nic  gee      aL  te      da  fin  die  gee      gu.L  ge  le    4 
"Creek  |  we  cross.  |  I  will  carry  you  across.  |  Well.  |  I  take  you  up.  |  It 

is  evening. 

gunyaL      kwantehit      Lut      un      suLtcic      tc'in      yaeni      ye 
You  walk     nevertheless.  |  Smoke  |  you  smell  ? "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  House 

seane     yoon     ciyee     ye     hai     kae     tiduL     tea  kwuL  guL  te  le    6 

stands  |  yonder     mine  |  house  |  that.  |  Quickly  |  we  go.  |  It  will  be  dark. 

nagai  seanungi  tunni  ncom  haiufi  tc'in  yaem 
Moon  |  is.  |  Trail  |  is  good  |  over  there,"  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

haiungi      aLte      do  hae  kuc  nun  Liiie      skeeha€      gunyaL      do-    g 
"Over  there  |  well  |  don't  look  at  them.  |  Behind  me  |  you  walk.  |  Do 

not  be  ashamed. 

hae  ka  non  t  y§,n  yehenyac  yebie  nun  sat  kwofi6  nonal- 
Come  in.  |  House  in  |  sit  down.  |  Fire  |  put  wood  on. 

l$c      takit      to      tagiba      tc'ek      ciyee      don  he6      k'aitbuL  10 
Where  |  water?  |  I  am  thirsty."  |  "Wife  |  mine  |  you  tired  |  burden  basket 

uye 

under?" 

dantci         gestc5         yistc'ankw^fi         ntcel6         s'ustc'an  12 
"Who  |  elk  |  shot?"  |  "Your  younger  brother  |  shot  it 

k'undufi  noni  selgin183  buttco  gulsaii  odjigultuk 
yesterday.  |  Bear  |  he  killed.  |  Panther  |  he  found.  |  He  killed  it." 

tadji       sk'ec      stcigunyan       cginae       nesdun       nahestyai  14 
"Where  |  mush?  |  I  want  it.  |  I  am  hungry.     Long  ways  |  I  started  back. 

te  'ek      te  SIL  tcot 
Woman  |  I  stole."  | 

tatci       tc'tteLkut       tc'in       yaeni       sek'ut       do  kin  nee  16 
"Where  |  did  they  go?"  j  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Mealing-stone  |  didn't 

speak 

yaeni  sek'ut  dateaiie  dunni  yaem  aLte  de  natc'- 
they  say,  |  mealing-stone.  |  Eaven  j  croaked  |  they  say.  "Well,  |  here  I 
bring  them  back, ' ' 

iss  Cf.  Hupa  root  -wen  -win  -we  "to  kill,"  which  is  also  used  with  a 
prefix  containing  s. 


142  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

kiflnummuL       tc'in     ya€m       al       nonullut       tatci       nasan 
he  said  \  they  say.  \  Wood  \  unburned,  \  "Where  \  they  moved?" 

2  tc  'in       yae  m       6  eest       nun  s  'us  tan       yae  ni       ta  tci       na  sa^i 
he  said  \  they  say.  \  Pestle  \  he  picked  up  \  they  say.  \  "Where  \  they 

moved?" 

6  cest       ya  guL  gal       y a6  m       tc 't  tes  mc        yae  m        ya'  bie  une 
Pestle  \  he  threw  up  \  they  say.  \  He  looked  up  \  they  say,  \  sky  in. 

4  kwsuntV        naineLgal184        yaem        tc'akakut        kanail^c 
His  forehead  \  it  struck  [  they  say.  \  Hole  from  \  she  was  digging  out 

tc  'un  t  'aii      ye  tc '  gun  yai      tc '  yantc      tc  'eL  tci      yae  m      dan- 
acorns.  |  He  came  in,  |  old  woman  |  he  caught  |  they  say.  |  "Who 

6  dji       coLtcut       nhoctge*       do  yae  tc 'OL  guc  un       tc'enanLa 
caught  me?  |  I  will  look  at  you."  |  "Nobody  looks  at  me."  |  He  ran  out 

yae  ni      ts '  gun  tc^il      ye  bi€      s  tcae  m      ta  tci      na  s^n      tc  'in 
they  say.  |  He  defecated  |  house  in.  |  "My  faeces,  |  where  |  moved?"  |  he 

said 

8  yac  m       di  see       tc  'a  ka  ble        kwun  ye  nufi  yin        yicts       tc  'ek 
they  say.     "Down  here  |  hole  in  |  they  went  in  |  Wolf,  |  woman. 

tc '  te  los  se        skits        n^k  kae  hae        L6  kast  k  'wut '        na  sa  ne 
He  led  along  |  boys  |  both.  |  Lokastkwut  |  they  moved," 

10   tc'in      yaem 
it  said  |  they  say. 

tc'sitcufi      kwuns'usnoLkeekwuc      tc'sitcun      tc'nunya- 
"  Coyote  |  might  track  us.  |  Coyote  |  if  he  comes 

12   dec      kwatcubbun      intcee      sk'ee      k'wunnatebuLdja€      kl- 
you  must  feed  him  |  venison.  |  Mush  |  we  will  pour  on  him.  |  Basket-bowl 

large 

tsae  tco      buL      k  'wut '  na  te  buL  djae      no  kwoL  eae  bun      ye  tuk- 
with  |  we  will  spill  on  him.  |  Place  him  |  house  middle." 

14  kut       cn^n       tc'sitcun       tc 'n  nun  yai  un  gi        aLte       tonai 
' l  My  mother,  |  Coyote     is  coming.  |  Well,  |  fish 

binee        cwoltc        tc'nuninufigi        noLok'ets        tc'nmungi 
back  |  short  |  he  is  bringing. "  |  ' '  Your  little  salmon  |  he  said 

16  a.n  t  'e     de     kwa  nul  16s     do  s  tci  kw  yan  un  gi     y5k '     na  ga  buil 
that  one  |  here  |  he  brings.  |  I  don 't  like  him.  |  Way  off  |  he  must  walk. 

do  \w  me  Tne  tel      do  s  tci  k^  yan      tc'sitcun      dan  dji      nunya 
I  will  not  look  at  him.  |  I  do  not  like  him  |  Coyote."  |  "Who  |  came?" 


is*  For  the  prefix  cf.  Hupa  nai  deL  d5  "he  cut  him"    (I,  164,  3  and 
III,  50). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  143 


ye  heL  a      kwus  tun  ml  gi      de      no'  yac185      ku  wun  tun 
"Come  in.  |  It  is  cold.  |  Here  |  come.  |  It  is  getting  cold.     Who 

dji      ano't'e      kae      no'  sat      ted  nun  hit     ano't'ehit     nanec     2 
are  you?  |  Well,  |  sit  down.  |  Stranger  you  are/'  |  "  Person 

nunyai      watcut      intce6      sk'ee      wakac      ya'  biek'      natcaL 
came.  |  Give  him  |  venison.  |  Mush  |  give  him.  '  '  \  Sky  in  |  chewing 

yaem       tc'ek       kiyee       tatc'bul       yaem       seLgai       tayaiL-    4 

they  say.  j  Woman  |  his  |  made  mush  |  they  say.  |  White  stones  |  she  put 

in  water. 

diil     sul     kwsi6     k  'wun  na  ga  bil  te  lit    tc'sitcufi     intcee    tc't- 
Hot  |  his  head  |  they  will  pour  on.  |  Coyote  |  venison  |  he  was  eating  when 

tanet    sk'e6    k'uLts'eget    kwsie    k  'wut  na  ga  bile    yaem    nun-    6 
mush     he  was  eating  when  |  his  head  |  on  it  they  poured  |  they  say.  |  He 

jumped  up. 

s'ustk'ai6      tagunLa      tobie      t'eee186      yalkut      yaem      yi- 
Water  he  jumped  in.  |  Water  in  |  coals  |  floated  |  they  say.  |  Other  side 

ban      ta  nas  t  yai      c  gae      ce  nan  t  buL      na  heL  euts      yae  ni          s 
he  came  out  of  water.  |  "My  hair  |  come  to  me  again."  |  He  ran  off  |  they 

say. 
kwiin 


All. 
XI.—  HOW  COYOTE  AND  SKUNK  KILLED  ELK. 

tc'sitcufi      besyahut      yitco      6laie      notguntalut      ges- 
Coyote  |  climbed  up  when  |  dance-house  |  its  top,  |  he  stood  up  when  |  elk 

ted      gultca      yaem       gestco      mna      yaeni      Lafi      gestco  10 
he  called  |  they  say.  |  Elk  |  came  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  elk 

ye  mna      yaem      yitcoble      yitco      demuiie      yaem      sle€L- 
came  in  |  they  say,  |  dance-house  in.  |  Dance-house  |  was  full  |  they  say.  [ 

Skunk 

k  'ucts       nun  ku  WUL  tin       yae  ni       ye  da  dun        no  ku  WUL  tin  12 
he  took  up     they  say.  |  By  the  door  |  he  put  him 

yaem       buLgutyiii       kw7slee       but'         buLgutyifi         yaeni 

they  say.  |  He  doctored  |  his  anus,  |  his  belly,  |  he  doctored  |  they  say, 

sleeLk'ucts      dataitc      s'usda      yaeni      sa5  tco      s'usda     yae-  u 
skunk.  |  Grey  squirrel  |  sat  |  they  say.  |  Fisher  j  sat  |  they  say. 

ni       tc  '  gun  sie      yac  ni       slee  L  k  'ucts       Le  nee  hae      tc  'n  te  gan 
He  emitted  flatus  |  they  say,  |  skunk.  |  All  |  he  killed 


is5  The  plural  is  used  to  the  stranger  for  politeness.    It  is  used  to  all 
relations-in-law  in  this  region  for  the  same  purpose, 
ise  Cf.  Hupa  teiiw  "coal"  (I,  114,  4). 


144  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.   [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

y ae  ni      tc  'e  gan       yae  ni      tc '  gun  sie  dut      tc  'n  te  gan       yae  ni 
they  say.   |  He  killed   |   they  say.  |  He  emitted  flatus  when  |   he  killed 

them  |  they  say. 

2  tc '  si  tcun      in  tcec  ban      but '  buL  a      tc '  gun  yan      yae  ni    tc '  si- 
Coyote  |  deer  female  |  entrails  and  all  |  he  ate  |  they  say.  |  Coyote, 

tcun       kwa  a  die  cin  ye       tc'in       yaem         gestco        taist'ats 
"I  called  that/'  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Elk  |  he  cut  up 

4  yacnl      dancanhae      naone      st'eci*      Leneehae      tcaen     5la€ 
they  say.  |  "Who  |  married  |  my  sister?"  |  All  |  faeces  |  his  hands 

slme       tc' si  tcun       tehun.       teLeuts       yaem       kwlae       tc'te- 
became.  |  Coyote  |  creek  to  |  he  ran  |  they  say.    His  hands  |  he  washed 

6  tci      yaem       selin       kwlae      tc'tetci       yaeni       kw  sie  gae  tco 
they  say.  |  Blood  |  his  hand  |  he  washed  |  they  say.  |  His  hair  long 

ki0sie      tc'istcin      yaeni      kwsi€      wantgulk'^c      yaeni 
his  head  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |  His  hair  |  she  threw  away  |  they  say. 

kwun  Lg,n 
All. 


XII.— COYOTE  EECOVERS  KANGAEOO-EAT 'S  EEMAINS. 

8         naL  tonetc       k  'ae       tc  'is  tcin        yae  ni       Lafi        tc '  guL  tell 
Kangaroo-rat  |  arrow  |  he  made  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  he  kept  making 

yaem       k'aes'ultifie187       tc'istcin       yaem       teeuts188       yaeni 
they  say.  |  Arrow-bow  j  he  made  |  they  say.  |  He  shot  along  |  they  say. 

10  nee        nuntc'iLk'ai189        yacni        hota        Lbaeun        k'§6uts 
Ground  |  he  shot  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  both  sides  |  he  shot 

yae  ni      di  dee      k '  te  euts      yae  ni      k  'e  nun  euts       ya€  m       se  n- 
they  say.  |  North  |  he  shot  along  |  they  say.  |  He  came  there  shooting  | 

they  say.  |  Blue-rock 

12  tea'  dun      kw  dji  gul  tuk      yae  ni      dan  ke      te  La      yae  ni      nee 
he  was  killed  |  they  say.  |  Everything  |  he  shot  with  |  they  say.  |  Ground 

nuntc'iLk'ai      yaem      cicbie      kuwa€ae      yaem      sgae      buL 
he  shot  I  they  say.  |  Eed  mountain  |  they  brought  it  |  they  say.  |  Hair     with 

14  nutdac        bicnayaeaie       yaem        buL       yaenund^c        yaem 
dance  j  they  took  in  |  they  say.  |  With  |  they  danced  |  they  say. 


i87  The  compound  has  become  necessary  since  s'uLtin6  is  used  of  modern 
firearms. 

iss  Cf.  Hupa  ylkitteits  (I,  144,  12  and  III,  211). 
i8»  Cf.  Hupa  root  -kait  -kai  (III,  281). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  145 


hota        bietc'ewae$n       yaem        kwsie       bietc'ee^n        yaem 
Then  |  they  took  off     they  say.  |  His  head  |  they  took  off  |  they  say. 

tc'kwutdjits       yaem       tc'sltcun      unaslaL       kwunt      yaem     2 
They  pulled  him  in  two  |  they  say.  |  Coyote  |  dreamed  about      his  cousin  | 

they  say. 

na  si  la  le      wac  yi  ce      ciin  di  ba  cl      cun  di  ba  ci      cun  di  ba  ci 
'  '  I  dreamed  |  I  dreamed,  j  my  nephew     my  nephew  |  my  nephew.  '  ' 

tc  '  teL  kee        kwee        yae  ni        tc  '  guL  kee       yae  ni       di  de€    4 
He  started  to  track  |  his  tracks  |  they  say.  |  He  tracked  along  |  they 

say.  |  North 

ya€  m      tee'  gul  laL      yae  m      tee  ge  gul  laL      y  ae  ni      tc  '  nun  ya 
they  say.  |  He  cried  along  |  they  say.  |  He  cried  along  |  they  say.  |  He 

came  there 

yae  m      y  I  tco  dim      cic  ble      ts  'ufi      na  gul  lac      yae  ni      di  de€    6 

they  say,      dance-house  place  |  Eed  mountain.  |  Bones     he  picked  up  J  they 

say.     North 

tc  '  qaL  dun  hae       yoe       buL       nasli6       yaeni       yoyidee       tc't- 
he  walked  place  |  beads  |  with  |  he  tied  up     they  say.     Way  north  |  he  went 

tesyai      ya€m      dldaeun      sis      kwsie      buL      ts'uslie      yaem    8 
they  say.     North  from     otter  |  his  head     with  |  he  tied  |  they  say. 

yitco      tc'nnunya      ya€m      guLgelit      tc'afi      tastci      yaem 
Dance-house  |  he  came  j  they  say.  |  Evening  when  |  food     they  cooked  | 

they  say. 

ye  tc  '  gun  ya      yae  ni       yi  tco  ble      no'  dac       kwa  ta       kwac  aL-  10 

He  went  in  |  they  say,  |  dance-house  in.     '  l  Dance,  |  any  way.  '  '  |  "I  used  to 

do  that, 

ine      nanec      usie      naceahut      nut  dac      yaem      binaskut' 
person  |  his  head  |  I  get  when."  |  Dance  was  |  they  say.  |  Two  in  middle 

danced 

yaem      tc'gund^s      yacm      sgae      buL      ci      nucdac      buL  12 
they  say.  |  They  danced  |  they  say.  |  "  Scalp  |  with  |  I  |  I  will  dance."  | 

With  it 
tc  'e  naen  La      yae  ni 

he  ran  out  |  they  say. 

na  heL  euts       yae  ni       kwun  t  gi  yot      yae  ni       buL       na  gul-  14 
He  ran  back     they  say.  |  They  pursued  him  |  they  say.  |  With  it  |  he 

ran  along 

daL      yacni       ts'uil      wannalteuts      yaeni       yoe      bienona- 
they  say.  |  Bones  |  he  ran  back  to  |  they  say.  |  Beads  |  he  had  placed  in 

tc'nan       yaem       nahestya       yaeni       yoon       ts'uii       w^n-  16 
they  say.  |  He  came  back  |  they  say.  |  Way  over  |  bones  |  he  came  back  to 

nantya         yaeni         nanagungiii         ya€ni         da  nan  dun  gin 
they  say.  [  He  took  them  down  |  they  say.  |  He  carried  them  back 


146  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

yacni       bie  no  na  tc 'n  an        yaem       yo€       buL       bi€  note 'nan 

they  say.  |  He  carried  them  in  it  |  they  say.  |  Beads  |  with  |  he  carried 

them  in 

2  yac  m       hai       kwac  cul  II  hit       ka  nac  le  kwaJi       kae       no  na  ga- 
they  say.  |  "When  |  they  do  that  to  me     I  come  alive  again.  |  Come,  |  I 

jump  across, 

cul  dac  kwan      cunt      ca'  nae190      na  na  gul  dac      ya€  m      di  dae- 
my  cousin,  |  creek. "  \  He  jumped  down  |  they  say.  |  Here  from  the  north 

4   ufi       na  gut  geL       yae  ni       no  nal  euts       yae  ni       kwunt       buL 
he  carried  along  |  they  say.  |  He  ran  back  (?)     they  say.  |  His  cousin  |  with 

yac  m       tc '  gun  tee'       yae  m       wan  natc '  ge  gul  lal       nas  He  nut 

they  say.  |  They  cried  |  they  say.  |  About  him  he  cried  along  |  he  was  tied 

because 

6  yac  m         cun  di  ba  ci        cun  di  ba  ci         eun  di  ba  ci        nan  t  gin 
they  say.  |  ' '  My  nephew  |  my  nephew  |  my  nephew. M  |  He  brought  back 

yae  m      ko  wun  dun 
they  say  |  his  home. 

kwun  L^,n 
All. 


XIII.— COYOTE  AND  THE  GAMBLER. 

8         ko  wa,n  tc '  gul  de'       yac  m      k  'ae      ko  wan  tc '  gul  de'       yac  ni 
From  him  he  won  |  they  say,  |  arrows.  |  From  him  he  won  |  they  say, 

s'uLtin6      Laehae      beL      ko  wan  tc '  gul  de'       yaeni      yoe      ko- 
bow  |  one.  |  Rope  |  from  him  he  won  |  they  say.  |  Beads  |  from  him  he  won 

10   wa,n  tc '  gul  de'        yae  m       ta  suts        ko  w^n  tc '  gul  de'         yae  m 
they  say.  |  Tasuts  |  from  him  he  won  |  they  say. 

sieblsean      ko  wan  tc '  gul  de?      yaem      k 'e  tc 'us  t 'ats      L6?neai 
Head  net  |  from  him  he  won  |  they  say.  |  He  cut  |  grass  game. 

12  clyee      tc'ek      tc'ucbee      ciyee      ye?      tc'ucbe6      tc'in     yaem 
"My  |  wife  |  I  bet.  |  My  |  house  |  I  bet/'  |  he  said  |  they  say. 

kun  ne  SIL  van       6  kun  ne  SIL  yan       kun  ne  SIL  van       5  kun  ne  SIL- 
"I  win,"  |  I  win,  |  I  win,  |  I  win." 

14  yan      naetc'usde'      yacnT      tc'ek      naetc'usde?       yaenl      ye* 
He  won  back     they  say  |  wife.  |  He  won  back  |  they  say  |  house 

tco  ye      Le  nee  hae      L  ta'  ki      nae  tc  'us  de?       yae  ni      k  'ae      beL 
again.  |  All,  |  every  kind  |  he  won  back  |  they  say.  |  Arrows,  |  rope, 


loo  These  words  Coyote  uses  are  said  to  be  in  the   dialect  formerly 
spoken  north  of  the  Kato. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  147 

s  'UL  tin6       nae  gl       yoe       si6  bis  ean       Le  ne€  ha€       nae  tc  'us  deo 
bow,  |  quiver,  |  beads,  |  head  net,  |  all  |  lie  won  back 

yae  ni  2 

they  say. 

kwun 
All. 


XIV.— COYOTE  COMPETES  WITH  GKEY-SQUIKEELS. 

dataitc      s'usk'an      yaem      tciin     uye      susk'an     ylban- 
Grey-squirrel  |  built  fire  |  they  say.  |  Tree  |  under  |  he  built  fire.  |  Six 

Laehae       nanunLa       yacni       tc' si  tciin       tc'nnunya       yaeni    4 

jumped  across  |  they  say.  |  Coyote  |  came  there     they  say. 

tehehei      dok'afi      stcotcin191      naslosit      kwact'm      beeo'- 
(Laughing)  |  "Long  ago  |  my  grandmother  |  led  me  around  when  |  I  did 

that.  |  Lead  me  up, 

los    cun  dits    he  ue    be  co'  los    cun  dits    be  ko?  los    tc  'in    ya€  m    6 

my  friend.     Yes,  |  lead  me  up  |  my  friend."  |  "Lead  him  up,"  |  he  said  | 

they  say. 

hota      naniinLa     yaem       hota       nanunLa  gut       tc'teLsut 
Then  |  he  jumped  across  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  he  jumped  across  when  |  he 

fell 

ya€m       hota       kw6fie       bie       nolsut       oslut       yaem       hota     8 
they  say.  |  Then  |  fire  |  in  |  he  fell.  |  He  burned  up     they  say.  |  Then  | 

t'ec      tannasdjol      yaem      hota      cga€      cenuntbuL 
coal  j  rolled  out  |  they  say.  |  Then  "My  hair  |  come  back  to  me." 

kwun  Lafi 
All. 


XV.— COYOTE  TEICKS  THE  GIRLS. 

gulk'an        yaem        sek'wut'        gulk'^n        yaem        la  cie  10 
Fire  was  |  they  say.  |  Eock  on  |  fire  was  |  they  say.     Buckeyes 

kwofie  dun      na  t  gul  g^l      yae  ni      gut  tea      yae  ni      Letc      buL 
fire  place  |  she  poured  down  |  they  say.  |  Were  covered  up  |  they  say,  |  earth  | 

with. 

kanagala      yaem       binogutLek      yaem      tc'sitcuii      ts'al-  12 
She  took  them  out      they  say.  |  She  soaked  them  |  they  say.  |  Coyote  | 
baby-basket  in 

i9i  This  suffix  -tcin  (Hupa  -tcwin)  seems  to  mark  a  class.  It  is  a  live 
suffix.  In  a  neighboring  dialect  it  was  heard  suffixed  to  an  English  word, 
"old  mare-tcm." 


148  University  of  Calif  or  nia  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

bic        tc  'n  mil  lat        yae  ni        dan  dji        bi  yee        ski        nul  lat 
floated  there  |  they  say.  |  "Whose  |  his  |  baby  |  floats?" 

2  yacn       yae  ni       ta  g£  k§n       yae  ni       ski       ts  'al  buL       ta  ge  kan 
they  asked  |  they  say.  |  She  took  it  out  of  water  |  they  say.  |  Baby  |  basket 

with  |  she  took  out 

ya€m      ski       tee'       yacm       naLgiLgai       dakwtkan       yaem 
they  say.  |  Baby  |  cried  |  they  say.  |  White  duck  |  carried  it  about  |  they  say. 

4  tc'tdenfiel       yaem       guLgel6       yaeni        yaenteslaL       3^a€m 
It  stopped  crying  |  they  say.  [  It  was  evening  |  they  say.      They  slept  | 

they  say. 

ski      nog§kan      yaem      ylskau      yaem      tc'gustci*      ya€m 
Baby  |  she  put  down  (basket)  |  they  say.  |  It  was  day  |  they  say.  |  It  was 

red  |  they  say. 

6  nahestya       yacm        didji       tc'6' yan       no' but'        gun  tea- 
He  went  back  |  they  say.  |  ' '  What  |  you  eat  ?     Your  bellies     are  big. ' ' 

kw$n      ne  6  dun  d  jac      tc '  si  tcuii 

"You  die  |  Coyote." 

kwun  Lan 
All.  * 


XVI.— POLECAT  BOBS  HEE  GRANDMOTHER, 

8         tcitcgaitc      t'eki      Lan      nunyetao192      t'eki      katc' gun- 
Polecat  |  girls  |  many  |  bulbs  |  girls  |  dug 

cie193      yaem       dinuk'      hainauil      Luntesyahut       dida€un 
they  say.  |  South  |  from  south  |  came  together  when  |  from  north 

10  t'eki       Lan      nunyetaG      katc' gun  cie      yaem       Lan      nun- 
girls  |  many  |  bulbs  |  dug  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  bulbs 

yetaG        katc'gucci€        yaeni        tcitcgaitc        kw?tcai        Lan 
they  dug  |  they  say.  j  Polecat  |  her  grandchild  |  many 

12  kayaecic       yaem       gulk'an       yaenl       ntcaG       al       k'wun- 
dug  |  they  say.  |  There  was  fire  |  they  say.  |  Large  |  wood  |  they  put  on 

when 

no  gul  la  hut        n  tcaG        ka  yae  cie        yac  ni         Lan         L  ta'  ki 
large  |  they  dug  |  they  say.  |  Many     kinds 

14  tbuLbie       wun       k'aitbuLbie       wun       k'aitelbie       Ltcekke- 
seed-basket  in  |  some,  |  burden-basket  in  |  some,  |  basket-pan  in 


i»2  Cf.  Hupa  yinnetau  (I,  135,  2). 
i»3  Cf.  Hupa  xakehwe  (I,  135,  2). 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  149 

tcin194      gontc      tcun  si  tcifi      nun  ye  taG  tco      woe  Laii      tci  gul- 
tcantc      naalle6      ts6ekwit'm      kwutkyan      buttlaietc      gol-    2 
bustciii        kaskin        tcigultcan        tcidukne6        nasnaldaltc 

tci  yo  yi  kos  t  gaitc          Letc  ye  de  le  tco          si€tbin          Leneehae    4 

All 

L  ta'  kl      ka  tc  '  gun  cie    yae  m      t  buL      de  mune      yae  m      cl  ye€ 

different  kinds  I  they  dug  I  they  say.  I  Seed-basket     was  full  I  they  say.  [ 

"Mine 

dote  bun  ne      yae  tc'in      yaem      ciyee      demun6      k'aitelbi6    6 

is  not  full,  '  '  |  they  said  |  they  say.     <  '  Mine  |  is  full  |  basket-pan  in.  '  > 

kaduttca6      nee      gunsulle      tc'in      yaem      heue      tc'in 
"We  will  bury.  |  Ground  |  is  hot/'  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  "Yes,"  |  she 

said 

yaem      ts'yantc       kwone      yaegablle      yaem       nee      Ltc'al-     8 
they  say,  |  old  woman.  |  Fire     they  threw  over     they  say.  |  Ground  |  they 

scooped  out. 

kats        na  t  gul  gal  le        kw5iie  dun        tco  yi  ta*         na  t  guL  gaL 
They  poured  them  down  |  fire  place.  |  Other  places  |  they  poured  down 

ya€m     nesdufi     slme     ya€m     La  nit     t'eki     La  nit     nesdun  10 
they  say.  |  High  |  it  became  |  they  say.  j  Many  because  |  girls  |  many  be 

cause  |  high 

ken  tail       yaem       guttcae       yaem       tc'ele6       yaem       kwtco 
it  piled  up  |  they  say.  |  They  covered  |  they  say.  |  He*  sang  |  they  say.  | 

His  grandmother 

ba      yaem      6dai€      nundac      ya€m      yenagundac      yaem  12 

for     they  say.  |  Outside  |  she  danced     they  say.  |  He  went  in  |  they  say, 

kin  yi       nun  ye  taG       oc  t  gee  d  jae      tc  'in      yae  ni       tc  'e  na  gut- 
himself  .  j  (  l  Bulbs  |  I  will  look  at,  "  |  he  said     they  say.  j  He  came  out 


dac       yae  ni       tc  'e  II  lee       yae  ni       kt#  tco        nun  dg,c        yac  m  14 
they  say.  |  He  kept  singing  |  they  say.  |  His  grandmother  |  danced  [  they  say. 

beiLkeget       nun  ye  taG       6ctgee        tc'in        ya€nl         k'aitel 
He  finished  when  |  "Bulbs  |  I  look  at"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Basket-pan 


194  The  bulbs  used  for  food  by  the  Kato,  listed  here,  have  not  been 
identified. 

Chesnut  has  treated  the  subject  for  this  region;  "Plants  used  by  the 
Indians  of  Mendocino  Co.,  Calif."  Contribution  from  U.  S.  Nat.  Herba 
rium,  VII. 

*  When  this  text  was  being  revised  with  the  original  relator  it  was 
declared  that  the  deceitful  grandchild  was  a  girl,  not  a  boy.  The  Nongatl, 
farther  north,  tell  of  a  boy  who  afterward  repented  and  avenged  his 
grandmother's  death. 


150  University  of  California  Publications.   [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

nanaiLduL       yacm       k'aitelbi6       tc'eille6       yaem       ktotco 

he  moved  up  and  down  |  they  say.  |  Basket-pan  in  |  he  kept  singing  |  they 

say.  |  His  grandmother 

2  nund^c       yaem       k'aitel       nanaiLduL        yaem        kwdaeb!€ 

danced  |  they  say.  |  Basket-pan  |  he  moved  up  and  down  |  they  say.  | 

»  His  mouth  in 

naduLg^L      yaem       doutt'eye       stco      tc'in      yaeni      kw?- 
he  poured  |  they  say.  |  "They  are  not  cooked,  |  my  grandmother,"  |  he 

said  j  they  say.  |  His  mouth  in 

4  dae  bie      na  duL  gaL      y ae  ni      tc  Je  nan  dac      yae  ni      do  ut  t  'e  ye 
he  poured  |  they  say.  |  He  came  out  |  they  say.  |  "They  are  not  cooked, 

stco      tc'ille6      yaem       doutt'eye       doyeheeungi       kwone- 
my  grandmother,"  |  he  sang  |  they  say.  |  "Not  cooked,  |  I  am  tired."  | 

Fire  place 

6  dun      nee      nanatguLeal       yaem      nun  dac  ce       domnelya- 
earth  |  he  piled  up  again     they  say.  |  "Why  are  you  dancing?  |  They  are 

eaten  up." 

nun       kwtco       kae       6ctgee        nunyetao        kin        tc'enya 

His  grandmother,  |  ' '  Well,     I  will  look  |  bulbs. "  |  He  |  went  out 

8  yacni       odaie       kivtco      nee      yon  t  gits      yaem       kw6nedun 
they  say  |  outside.  |  His  grandmother  |  earth  |  looked  at  |  they  say,  |  fire 

place. 

nunyetaa        ndoe        yacm        tc 'e  nan  t  y  a  hut        tc' gun  tee' 
Bulbs  |  were  not  |  they  say.  |  She  went  out  when  |  she  cried 

10  yac  ni      5  daie  hae 

they  say,  |  outside. 

dinuk'      tc'ttesya      yaem      bunte      wundun      tc'n  nun- 
South  |  she  went  |  they  say.  |  Flies  |  live  place  |  she  came 

12  ya      yacm      stcidLtuk      stcayi      do  buii  kwa  sus  I  ne195       do- 
they  say.  |  "Kill  me,  |  my  grandchild  |  mistreated  me."  |  "No, 

ye       do  n  tci  dul  tuk  te  le       bun  L  tcin  tco190       wundun       tc'n- 
we  will  not  kill  you."  |  "Fly-black-large"  |  live  place  |  she  came 

14  nunya      ya€m      tc'ttesya      yaem      hainuk'      tcanes      wun- 
they  say.  |  She  went  on  |  they  say.  |  Here  south  |  wasp  |  live  place 

dun      tc'n  nun  yai      stcioLtuk       ctcayi       do  buii  kwa  sus  I  ne 
she  came.  |  "Kill  me,  |  my  grandchild  j  mistreated  me," 

16  tc'in      yacm      bundultcantc      wundun      tc'n  nunya      yacm 
she  said     they  say.  |  (Live  in  the  ground)  |  live  place  |  she  came  |  they  say. 


195  The  word  is  difficult  of  analysis. 

196  The   following   names   of   the   insects   seem   mostly   to    indicate    a 
classification  of  them  by  color  and  size.    The  translations  were  suggested 
by  the  Indian. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Eato  Texts.  151 

s  dji  OL  tuk        s  tcai  ye         do  bun  kwa  sus  I  ne        tc  'in        ya€  m 
' '  Kill  me,     my  grandchild  |  mistreated  me, ' '  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

ts'ttesya      yaeni      hainuk '      tadulgaitco      wundun      tc'n-    2 
She  went  on  |  they  say.  |  Here  south  |  hornet  |  live  place  |  she  came 

nun  ya       yae  m        s  tcai  ye        do  bun  kwa  sus  I  ne        s  dji  OL  tuk 
they  say.  |  "My  grandchild  |  mistreated  me,      kill  me. " 

do  ye         do  n  dji  dul  tuk  te  le        yinuk'         tc'ttesya         yaem    4 
"No,  |  we  will  not  kill  you."     South  |  she  went  |  they  say. 

tcis  na  Luts  e197       wundun       tc'n  nun  ya       yaeni       sdjioLtuk 
Yellowjacket  j  live  place  |  she  came  |  they  say.  |  "Kill  me, 

stcai       do  bun  kwa  sus  I  ne       do  ye       do  dji  dul  tuk  tele        yi-    6 
my  grandchild  |  mistreated  me."  j  "No,  |  we  will  not  kill  you."  |  South 

nuk'      tc'ttesya      yaem      neeyosostc      wundun      tc'nnunya 
she  went  |  they  say.  |  (An  insect)  |  live  place  |  she  came 

yaeni      stcai      do  bun  kwa  sus  I  ne       sdjioLtuk      do  ye     don-     8 

they  say.  |  "My  grandchild     mistreated  me,  |  kill  me."  |  "No,  |  we  will 

not  kill  you,'7 

dji  dul  tuk  te  le       kwuLiii       yaem       buntco       wunduil      tc'n- 
they  told  her  |  they  say.  |  Fly  large  |  live  place  |  she  came 

nunya       yaem       sdjioLtuk        s  tea  ye        do  bun  kwa  sus  I  ne  10 
they  say.  |  ' '  Kill  me,  |  my  grandchild  |  mistreated  me. ' ' 

do  ye        do  n  dji  dul  tuk  te  le       doLtc       wundun       tc'nnunya 
"No,  |  we  will  not  kill  you."  |  Gnats  |  live  place  |  she  came 

yaem       sdjioLtuk       do  ye        do  n  dji  dul  tuk  te  le        kwuLiii  12 
they  say.     ' '  Kill  me. "  |  "  No,  |  we  will  not  kill  you, ' '  |  they  told  her 

yaem      tc'ttesya      yaeni      hainuk'      tcunsusnatc      kwunta'- 
they  say.  |  She  went  |  they  say.  |  Here  south  |  (insect)   |  live  places 

dun     yaem      tc'nnunya     yaeni  14 

they  say.  [  She  came  |  they  say. 

kuwaguttcut         yaem         nunya  dun         do  ye         s  tea  ye 
They  fed  her  |  they  say  |  she  came  place.  |  ' '  No,  |  my  grandchild 

do  bun  kwa  sus  I  nit         myaye         sdjioLtuk        tc'in        yaenl  16 
mistreated  me  because  |  I  came.  |  Kill  me,"  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

heue      n  dji  dul  tuk  tele       kwuLin      yaem       guLgellit       kw- 
1 1  Yes,  j  we  will  kill  you, ' '  |  they  told  her  |  they  say.  |  It  was  evening  when  j 

they  killed  her. 

djigultuk      ta  ku  wut  t 'a  sut      kz(7wos      kwunLan      neek'wut-  is 
They  cut  her  up  when  |  her  leg  |  everywhere  |  on  places 


tsis  na  ' '  hornet  or  wasp, ' '  and  Luts  ' '  stout,  strong  "  ( ?) . 


152  University  of  California  Publications.    LAM-  ARCH.  ETH. 

ta'      nowilk'as      yacm      k«?wos      kwani*      nakkaehae      kiv- 

f  ell  |  they  say.  |  Her  legs,  |  arms  |  both,  |  her  belly, 

2  but'      kt£si«      kwunLan      neek'wutta<       nolk'as      yacm 
her  head,  |  every  where  |  on  places  |  fell  |  they  say. 

kwun  L$n 
All. 

XVII.— GRIZZLY  WOMAN  KILLS  DOE. 

nom       tc'yantcun       kwoiie      betgunsi6      ya€m       kwun- 
Grizzly  j  old  woman  |  fire  |  had  her  head  close  |  they  say  |  her  house. 

4   ta'  dun      tc  'us  saie  tcuii      ye  laie      s  'us  dai      yae  nl      no  m      tc  '- 
Bluejay  |  house  top  |  sat  |  they  say.  |  Grizzly  |  old  woman 

yantcun      nakofi      yaek'tebile      ya€m      aLte      yae      na      6c- 
clover  |  they  went  to  gather    they  say.  |  "Well,  |  lice  J  for  you  |  I  will  look 

for," 

6  tgee       tc'in       yacm       kwyatci       aLte        yae        na      6ctgee 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  Her  girl,  |  "Well,  |  lice  |  for  you     I  will  look  for" 

tc'in       yaenl       6sie       tc'ukk'ots       ya6m        k^yatcl       aLte 
she  said  |  they  say.  |  Her  head  |  she  cracked  |  they  say.  |  Her  girl  j  ' '  Well, ' ' 

8   a  ne         sun  tes  la  le         aL  te        6c  t  gee        be  te  guL  cae       yae  nl 
she  said,  |  "you  sleep,  j  Well  |  I  look."  j  She  put  in  sand  |  they  say. 

s'usk'an      yaenl      kwone      unae      tc'enalai198      yaem      tco- 
She  built  fire  |  they  say    fire.  |  Her  eye  J  she  took  out  |  they  say.  |  Again 

10   yihac       6nae       tc'enalai       yaem       tbuLbi6       nolai       una€ 
her  eye  |  she  took  out    they  say.  |  Burden  basket  in  [  she  put  |  her  eye. 

tcoyiha*     6nae     ble     tbuLbi€     nolai     ya€m     nakofi     6laie 
Again  |  her  eye  |  in  |  burden  basket  in  |  she  put  |  they  say.  |  Clover  |  on  it 

12  nolai      yacm      tbuLbi*     nolai      yaenT      nakoii      yebie      tc'- 
she  put  |  they  say.  |  Burden  basket  in  |  she  put     they  say.  |  Clover  |  house  in  I 

she  carried 

tesgm       yacm       yebl6       tc' nun  gin      yaem       nakoii       skits 
they  say.  |  House  in  |  she  brought  |  they  say.  |  Clover     children 

14  waunkan        ya€nl        snan        unae        snan        unae        tc'in 
she  gave  |  they  say.     ' '  My  mother  |  her  eye  |  my  mother  |  her  eye  "  |  he  said 

ya6  nl      s  kits 
they  say  |  boy. 


ifls  The  root  of  the  verb  would  indicate  a  plural  object,  but  each  eye 
is  separately  mentioned. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  153 

skits      kiyee      tc'tteslos      yaem      nakkae      tcun      d  joe- 
Boys  |  hers  |  he  led  |  they  say  |  two.  |  ' '  Tree  |  hollow  in 

bie        yiheduL        tc'in        yaem        yegundele        yaem        Lo'     2 
you  go "  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  They  went  in  |  they  say.  |  Grass 

no  te  gul  so        yac  ni        u  tc  'iin  a        6  wi  yo        yae  m        kwon6 
she  pushed  in  |  they  say.  |  Before  it  j  she  fanned  |  they  say,  |  fire 

muL      odae       dennel      yaem       hota      tc'enagebile      ya€m    4 

with.  |  Their  crying  |  stopped     they  say.  |  Then  |  she  took  them  out  |  they 

say. 

tc 't  te  gi  bile      ya6  m      ye  bie  M      te'  ge  gats      yae  m      te'  na  tc  '- 
She  carried  them  |  they  say,  |  house  to.     She  scraped  them  |  they  say.  | 

She  washed  them 

giil  de        yae  m        ho  ta       no  m       tc '  yan  tcun       ko  wa  ge  blle    6 
they  say.  |  Then     grizzly  |  old  woman  |  she  gave  them  to 

ya€  m      tc '  giin  yan      ya€  ni      ki  yee      s  kik 

they  say.  |  She  ate  them  |  they  say,  |  her     children. 

s  kits       tes  dele       yae  m       te'  him       ko  kuc  gi  nai       seL  tc  '01     8 
Children     went  |  they  say  |  creek  |  they  ran  down.  |  Heron 

nan  guL  eae  kwafi       yae  ni       ko  tc '  gul  euts       nan  guL  eae       yae  ni 
had  made  a  weir    they  say.  |  They  ran  down.  [  Fish  weir  was  |  they  say. 

s  tc '  gi       na  nuL  gaL       ne  t  'ai       s  tc '  gi       tc  'in       yac  ni       n5  ni  10 
''My  grandfather  |  put  across  |  your  neck,     my  grandfather,"      she  said 

they  say.  |  ' '  Grizzly 

tc '  y^n  tcun      ko  tc '  gul  euts  de€      ne  t  'ai      kwa      na  nuL  gaL  dee 
old  woman  |  when  she  runs  down  |  your  neck     for  her  |  when  you  put  across 

ka  tc  'eL  gaL  bun         tc 't  to  lat  djae         tc  'in         yae  ni         te'  hiin  12 
you  must  throw  one  side.  |  Let  her  drown ' '  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  Stream 

yibaii      tausdel6      yaem      buskik      t'e'       na  yan  tcun      bus- 
other  side  |  they  went  out  {  they  say.  |  "Her  children  [  raw  |  she  eats.  |  Her 

children 

kik      t'e'      nayan      dayaendji      ckik      dayaendjik'a      buc-  14 
raw  |  she  eats. "  \"  What  they  say  |  children  1"     "  This  way  only  they  say  I 

'  Her  children 

kik        t  V         na  yan  tcun        yae  tc  'in  ni  un  gi        tc  'in        yae  ni 
raw  |  she  eats'  |  they  are  saying,"  |  he  said  |  they  say 

tc  'us  saie  tcun  16 

blue  jay. 

hota      non!      tc' yan  tcun      tc'teL€uts      yaem      tekotc'- 
Then  [  grizzly  |  old  woman  |  ran  |  they  say.     She  ran  to  the  stream 

guleuts        yaem         c  ge  dun        nhet'ai199         ca        nan5LgaL  is 

they  say.  |  ' '  My  brother-in-law  |  your  neck  |  for  me  |  put  across. 


!9o  She  uses  the  plural  of  politeness  to  a  relation-in-law,  in  fact  or  by 
courtesy. 


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University  of  Calif  ornia  Publications.   [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 


nanca6       tc'in       ya€m       ckik       ulae       etc 'mi6       nanaittic 
I  will  cross, ' '      she  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  My  children  |  their  hands  |  to  me  I 

are  beckoning." 

2  hota      heue      tc'in      ya€ni      hota      nanunyai      ya€m     hota 
Then,  |  « '  Yes, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  she  started  across  |  they  say. 


Then 


ka      taLeut      katc'elgal*      yaem      tc'telat      yaem 

right  |  \vater  middle  |  he  tipped  it  |  they  say.  |  She  drowned  |  they  say. 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


XVIII.—  TURTLE  'S  EXPLOIT. 

4         ts'iinteL      se      ya^k'as      yaeni      se      ya€guLk'asit    kwa- 
Turtle  |  stone      he  threw  up      they  say.      Stone  |  he  threw  up  when  | 

shoulder 

m«      di      kwalaa      yaem      kwdice6      buL      se      yaeguLk'as 
this  |  he  did  |  they  say.  |  His  arm  |  with  it  |  stone  |  he  threw  up. 

6  kw?dicee      naLtcut      yaem      hota      wunyi      yaem      wunye- 

His  arm     he  caught  it  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  others  were  |  they  say.  |  They  were 

afraid  of  it 

nel  git      yae  m      te  he  he      tc  'in      yae  m      tc  '  si  tcuii      kae      d 
they  say.  |  '  '  Tehehe,  "  |  he  said     they  say,  |  Coyote.  |  '  '  Well,  |  I 

8  beceai€      tc'in      yaem      heue    tc'in    yaem      ts'unteL      tc'  si- 
will  try,"  |  he  said      they  say.      "Yes,"      he  said      they  say      Turtle,  j 

Coyote 

tcuii       nunsuscan       yaem       se       yaeguLk'as       yaem       ku- 
took  up  |  they  say  |  stone.  |  He  threw  it  up  |  they  say.  |  His  middle 

10  wun  tuk  k  'ut       tc  '  gul  k  'aii       yae  nl       kwuL       kwun  ye  tc  'UL  sil 
it  fell  |  they  say.  |  With  him  |  it  pounded  into  the  ground 

yaem      se      yaegulk'asit      kowuntukkut      tc'iLk'aL      ya€ni 
they  say.  |  Stone  |  he  threw  up  when  |  his  back  |.it  struck  |  they  say. 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


12 


XIX.—  HOW  TURTLE  ESCAPED. 

ts'unteL      nagakwan      yaem      sa'  dun  ha6      kowufi      tc'n- 
Turtle     was  walking  |  they  say,  |  alone.  |  To  him  |  they  came 

nulkut       yaem       k'ae       ntcetc       nalekwafi        yaem         nec 
they  say.  |  Arrows  |  poor  |  he  was  carrying  |  they  say.  |  Ground 

14  nunya«Lk'as       yaem       k'a€       cek'       k  'wut  tc  '  yac  ce'       yacn! 
they  pushed  them  in  |  they  say  |  arrows.  |  Spit  |  they  spit  on  them  |  they  say. 


5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  155 


tgamats      to      haskan      yaem      bunk'ut      ciilhut      k'utde- 
By  the  shore.  |  Water  [  was  there  |  they  say,  |  lake.  |  Summer-time.  |  He  was 

angry 

Kin       yaem       s'usda       yaem        ya6slan        yaem        kuwun    2 

they  say.  |  He  sat  |  they  say.  |  They  laughed  j  they  say     at  him. 

k'ae      nuns'uslai       yaem       s'ustc'an      yaem       nanec       hai 
Arrow  |  he  took  up      they  say.  |  He  shot  |  they  say,      person.  |  That 

tobie      tagunLa      yaem       nanec       be  dun      yaem       tob!ek'    4 
water  in  |  he  jumped  |  they  say.  |  Person  |  died     they  say.  |  Water  inside 

naseuts       yaem       djan       tc'ustcin       yaem       c5       kayaetc'- 
he  ran  around  |  they  say.  j  Muddy      he  made  j  they  say.      In  vain  |  they 

looked  for  him 


kwunte       yaem       djaJi       slme       yaem       tc'kak'       yegaean    6 
they  say.     Muddy  |  it  became  |  they  say.  |  Net  |  they  stretched 

yae  ni        tcun  k  'wut        kwa  tc  '  gus  t  ka        yae  ni        tc  '  kak  '  bie 
they  say  |  stick  on.  |  For  him  they  dipped  |  they  say,  |  net  in. 

kucnataoha*        t§,  ts  'UL  euts  kw^n        yacni        coe 


Without  their  knowledge  |  he  had  run  out  |  they  say.     In  vain  |  they  walked 

for  him 

ya€m       La  kwa       guLgel6       ya€ni       tcakuguLgele       yaen! 

they  say.     Only  |  it  was  dark  |  they  say.  |  Very  it  was  dark  |  they  say. 

kw  tcon  gut  tcan€        yaem        kaeundai        detgulgale        yaem  10 

They  let  him  go  |  they  say.  |  Body  |  they  threw  in  fire  |  they  say, 

kwone  dun 
fire  place. 

kwun  Lari 
All. 

XX.—  GOPHEE'S  EEVENGE. 

sdaitc       natcul       uyactc       dastcaii       uyactc       hai       Lae  12 

Cottontail  rabbit  |  orphan  |  small,  |  gopher  |  small  |  that  |  too 

dastcaii      uyactc      natcul      unan      ndoi      utae     Lae     ndoi 

gopher  |  small  |  orphan.  |  Its  mother  |  was  not,     its  father  |  too  |  was  not. 

hota      uyacts       kuwunyanit       taki        stae       stco         tc'in  14 
Then  |  little  |  they  had  grown  when,  |  "Where  |  my  father,  |  my  grand 

mother?"  |  he  said 

yaem      dok'unha6      ntae      udjiyistukke      n^n      Lae      do- 
they  say.  |  '  l  Long  ago  |  your  father  |  was  killed.  |  Your  mother  |  too     long 

ago 

k  'ufi  hae       u  dji  yis  tuk  ke       nak  kae  hae       di  dji       u  dji  yis  tuk  16 
was  killed  |  both."  j  "What  |  killed  them?" 


156  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM. ARCH.  ETH. 

tc'yantc      tonai      ntcaa      osose200      buL      yiLt'ogut      udji- 
"Old  woman     fish  |  large  |  her  sting  |  with  |  stuck  him  when      she  killed 

him. 

2  yistuke     nan     Lac     yiLt'ogut     udji  yistuke     dastcafi     tc't- 
Your  mother  |  too  |  she  stuck  when  |  she  killed."  |  Gopher  |  had  gone 

tesyakwan      yaem      neebie      tc'nneLinekwafi      yaem      nee- 
they  say,  j  ground  in.  |  He  had  looked     they  say.     Ground  in 

4  bie      hota      kwun  ye  tc '  gun  ya  kwan      yaem      nahestyakwan 
then  |  he  had  gone  in  |  they  say.  |  He  had  started  back 

yacm       hota       nantya       ya€m       hota      k'a6       tc'ict'atele 
they  say.  |  Then  |  he  came  back  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  ' '  Arrows  |  I  will  make, 

6   stco       tc'in       yaem       kwtco        ka  no  del  In6        yaem         k'a€ 

grandmother,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  His  grandmother  |  showed  him  |  they 

say.  |  Arrow 

coe  tc 'ilia       yaeni       tc 'us  t '6k '201       ya*m        dundai*        k'a« 
good  he  made  |  they  say.  |  He  flaked  |  they  say.  |  Flint  |  arrow 

8     k 'wun  no  la  kwaii      yacm      k'ae 
he  placed  on  |  they  say,     arrow. 

kw  tco         u  na  taG  hae         kwun  ye  tc '  gun  ya  kwan          yae  nl 

His  grandmother     not  knowing  |  he  went  under  ground  |  they  say. 

10  yo      tan  tco      kasyakwaii      yaem      hota      tonai      utc'unts202 
Way  |  river  large  |  he  had  come  up  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  fish  |  close  by 

kasyakw^n       yaem       tonai        tc'nneLine       yaem        oyacts 
he  came  up     they  say.     Fish  |  he  looked  at  |  they  say.  j  Small 

12  nee      watc'ami6        tc'nneLiii6        yaem        k'ae        bi  no  in  tan 
ground  |  hole  in  |  he  looked  |  they  say.  |  Arrow     he  put  on  the  bow 

yacm      tc'istc'^n      yacm      tcoyiha6      s'ustc'an      yacm      Laii 
they  say.  |  He  shot  |  they  say.     Again  |  he  shot  |  they  say.  |  Many 

14  nunneLk'ai      yacm      kwtus      can      natc'eLt'o      yaem      se 

he  made  stick  in  |  they  say.  |  Over  him  |  only  |  she  stung  |  they  say.  |  Stones 

tee  gats        yafieaic        yaem        nunyiLt'ogut        otcitc'ustuk 
rattling  sound     stood  |  they  say,     she  stung  them  when.  |  He  killed  her 

16   yae  ni      be  dun      yae  nl      t  gun  nas  lat      yae  ni      tc  'n  ne  guL  ine 

they  say.  |  She  died  j  they  say.     He  turned  her  over  |  they  say.     He  looked 

at  her 


200  sos  is  used  for  the  name  of  a  pointed  dagger  made  of  bone  or  horn. 
Cf.  note  144,  p.  108  above. 

201  The  Hupa  use  this  root  with  the  same  form  and  meaning. 

202  a  "her,"  tc'un  "toward,"  and  the  diminutive. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  157 

yae  ni       na  hes  t  ya      yae  ni      hai       na  nee       ca'  nae      de  mun- 
they  say.     He  started  back  |  they  say.  |  That  |  persons  |  creek  |  was  full 

kwajn      tc  'n  neL  m«  kw^n      yaem      nahestya      yaeni  2 

he  had  seen  |  they  say.  |  He  started  back  |  they  say. 

tatci       nunyakw^n       kwuLin       yaem        stco        tantco 
' '  Where  |  you  come  from  ? ' '     she  asked  |  they  say.     ' '  My  grandmother  | 

Eel  river 

nacaye      tonai      odjislLtuke      tc'in      yaem      hai      nanec    4 
I  have  been.  |  Pish  |  I  killed/'  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "That  |  people 

te'enani203       hai       tonai       nanee        ndoye        dita'       tc'in 
killed  |  that  j  fish.  |  People  |  are  not  |  this  place, "  |  he  said 

yaeni      yok'      neek'wiitta'      nanec      nulkutut      Laii      Lta'-    6 
they  say.  |  Far     countries  |  people  [  came  when  |  many  |  different  kinds 

ki      kuwac^n      yaem      tonai      o  dji  tc 'us  tiik  ut      st'6e      hai 
gave  him  |  they  say,  |  fish  |  he  killed  because.  |  Nearly     that 

kw^nt'e      st'oe      slm€      ya€m      tonai      him      6  dji  tc 'us  tiik-    8 
kind  j  nearly  |  became  |  they  say.  |  Fish  |  that  fellow  |  he  killed  because 

ut      tonai      hai      kw^nt'e      tonai      ndoe      ya€ni 
fish     that  |  kind  |  fish  |  is  not  |  they  say. 

kwun  1411 

All. 

XXI.— MEADOWLAKK'S  BEEAST. 

tcolaki       LgayaenguLil       yaeni       seLtcundunni       Lga-  10 
Meadowlark  |  were  quarreling  j  they  say,  |  "mockingbird."  |  They  were 

quarreling 

ya€nguLil      yaem      Leeduii      Lgaya€nguLil      dekwagunneL 

they  say.  j  Morning  |  were  quarreling.  |  Here  it  (sun)  was 

yaem       gulgele       yaeni       gulk'an       yaem       kwone       yaeni  12 
they  say.  j  Evening  it  was  {  they  say.  |  Fire  was  |  they  say.     Fire  |  they  say. 

tcolaki      ts'unteslaL      yaem      se      detga^ii      yaem      tco- 
Meadowlark  |  fell  asleep  |  they  say.  |  Stone  |  he  put  in  fire  |  they  say.   | 

Meadowlark 

laki       ts'unteslaL       yaem       seLtcundunni       se       nuns 'us-  14 
fell  asleep  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Mockingbird ' '  |  stone  |  picked  up 

e$n      yaeni      tcolaki      ktrsalkut      yaem      tcolaki      ktoyits- 
they  say.  j  Meadowlark  |  his  mouth  he  put  in  |  they  say.  |  Meadowlark  |  his 


breast 


203  The  root  -gan  "to  kill  many." 


158  University  of  California  Publications.   [ AM. ARCH.  ETH. 

ye        se        walkut        yaem        haihit        Lecut        ts'tdunm 
stone  |  fell  through  j  they  say.  |  That  is  why  |  at  night  |  he  sings, 

2  yaem 
they  say. 

kwun  1411 
All. 


XXII.— GEESE  CAEEY  OFF  EAVEN. 

sulsuntc      skitsyac      s'uslos      yaem      tcunsuts      kiobut' 
Chipmunk  j  child  small  |  he  kept  |  they  say.  |  Bark  |  his  belly 

4  nai  neL  k  'uts  kwafi        yaem        s'uLtin       ya€m       tc'ek       da- 
had  stuck  in  |  they  say.  |  He  lay  down  |  they  say.  |  Woman     raven 

tc^iie      tcun  siits      tcon  gul  Ian      ya€  ni      ka'       di  dae  un      na- 
bark  J  went  after  |  they  say.      Geese  |  from  north      two 

6  kae       tc 'n  nun  dele  kwaii        yaem        tcun        unasya        yaem 
had  come  |  they  say.  |  Tree  |  she  went  around  |  they  say. 

tcunwoe        buL        gusca'        yaem       k'aitbuL       nuns'usgiii 
Hook     with  |  they  caught     they  say,  |  burden-basket.  |  She  lifted  up 

8  yae  ni      tco  yi  hae      gus  ca?      yae  ni      n  das  si      di      tc  'in      yae- 
they  say.  |  Again  |  they  caught  it  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Heavy  |  this, ' '  |  she  said  I 

they  say. 

ni      tc'enamile      yaem     nuns 'us  gin    yaem      tcoyihae      gus- 
She  emptied  out  |  they  say.  |  She  lifted  up  |  they  say.  |  Again     they  caught  it 

10   ca'      ya€m      k'aitbuL      n^kkae      noLtinna€      yaem      gucca5 

they  say  |  burden-basket.  |  Two  |  were  left  |  they  say.  |  They  caught  it 

ya€nl       nuns 'us  gin       yaem       gucca*         yaem        k'aitbuL 

they  say.  |  She  lifted  up  |  they  say.  |  They  caught  it  |  they  say  |  burden- 
basket. 

12  kowultcut       yaem       nakaehae        ka'        totegilos         yaenT 
Caught  her  |  they  say  |  both  |  geese.      They  took  her  along  |  they  say 

didee 

north. 

14         dac  yae  n  tel  I  tc5        ayacilaG        tc'in        yaem        yltcobi6 
"Flat  mouths     took  me  up"     she  said  |  they  say.  |  Dance-house 

yekwilyos       yaem       neeutcicdun       guLgellut       tc'ngundas 
they  took  her  in  |  they  say,      world-its-tail-place.   |  Evening  when   |  was  a 

dance 

16  yaem      tc'enaent'a      ya6m      yltcobi*      ts'ek'ebie      tc'enaen- 
they  say.  |  She  flew  out  j  they  say.  |  Dance-house  |  door  |  she  flew  out 


VOL.  5] 


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159 


t'a       yaem       nantya       yaem       skitsyac       sulsuntc       s'us- 
they  say.     She  came  home  |  they  say.  |  Child  small  |  chipmunk  |  he  had  kept 

16s  kwan       yaem       sulsunts       intcee       tc'eLt'ot       tc'uLtci-    2 
they  say.     Chipmunk  |  venison  |  it  suck  j  he  had  made 

kwan      yaem      skits      benadun      yaeni 
they  say.  |  Child      died  |  they  say. 

kwun  Laji 
All. 


XXIII.— THE  DIVING  CONTEST. 

nakeets       sis       kwun  ye  tc' guile       tobic       yaem       tonai    4 
Blue  duck     otter  |  swam  under  water     lake  in  |  they  say.  |  Fish 

natc'telgel      yaenl      kaiyatc'kwlm      yaem      nakeets      ka- 
they  were  catching  j  they  say.  |  They  watched  them     they  say.  |  Duck  | 

came  up 

na  gul  le       yae  ni       na  ka€       tc '  gun  tcok  kw^n      yae  m       to  nai    6 
they  say.  |  Two     he  had  filled  |  they  say  |  fish. 

kaiyatc'kwlm       yaem       sis       kana  guile        ya€m         tak' 

They  watched  him  |  they  say.  [  Otter  |  came  up  |  they  say.     Three 

tc '  gun  tcok  kwan      tonai      yaem      naheLkut      yaem      yebie-    8 
he  had  filled     fish  |  they  say.      They  went  back  |  they  say.  |  House  in 

uii€      tc'telos      yaem      tonai 
they  dragged  them  |  they  say  |  fish. 

kwun 
All. 


XXIV.— TEEATMENT  OF  THE  STEANGER. 

k'un      kanasityai      act'e      tc'in      yaem      dundji       ka-  10 
' '  Just  now  |  I  came  back  up  |  I  am, ' '     he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Who  |  '  I 

came  back  up' 

na  si  t  ya      tc  'in      kato      de      ko'  t  guc      hai      a  m      ko  gut  t- 
said  ?  |  Quick  |  here  |  look  |  who  |  said  it. "  \  They  looked  around 

gets      yaem       c5et      kai  yatc  kwon  te       yaeni       dSkuwulsaii  12 

they  say.  |  In  vain  |  they  looked  for  him  |  they  say.  |  He  wasn't  seen 

yaem       naheLtkut       yaem       do  ku  wul  san  nut       k'un       ka- 
they  say.  |  They  came  back      they  say  |  he  wasn't  found  because.  |  ^Just 

now     I  came  back  up 


160  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

nasityai      act'e       tc'in      ya«m      hakw      tc'kenec      kaktr- 
I  am"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Eight  here     it  talks.  |  Look  for  him." 

2  no'  te       tco  yi  hae       Laii       tc '  tes  yai       yae  nl       ka  yatc  kwon  te 
Again  |  many  |  went  |  they  say.  |  They  looked  for  him. 

dokowulsan      ya€m      tcun      nat'ai6      yacm      tcun      tctcos 
He  wasn't  found  |  they  say.  |  Tree  |  stood  |  they  say.  |  Tree  |  hollow 

4  dyactsbi*      aunkwan      yaem       tcun      tctcos  bie      oyactsbi* 
small  in  |  it  said  it  |  they  say.  |  Tree  |  hollow  in  |  small  in 

ko  will  san      yae  m 
he  was  found  |  they  say. 

6         ki0  dji  OL  tuk  tec        he  u€        ki0  dji  diil  tuk         tc 'e  ku  wul  tin 
"You  better  kill  him."  |  "Yes,  |  we  will  kill  him."  |  He  was  pulled  out 

yac  m       ta  ku  wul  t  'ats      yac  ni       ktr  kwa  nee       kal  gal       yac  ni 
they  say.  |  He  was  cut  to  pieces  |  they  say.  |  His  arms  |  were  chopped  up  | 

they  say. 

8  kwwos      kal  gal      yaem      tc'eku  wutt'ats      yaem      dohaeke- 

His  legs  |  were  chopped  up  |  they  say.  |  He  was  split  |  they  say.  |  He  didn't 

die 

dun       ya€m       tew  dji       ndoi       k^kwe6       utukkut       kwdji 
they  say.  |  His  heart  |  was  not.  |  His  foot  |  between  |  his  heart 

10  seailkwan         yaeni         kw;  dji         gut  fats         yaem         kedun 
was  situated  |  they  say.  |  His  heart     was  cut  |  they  say.  |  He  died 

ya€m 
they  say. 

kwun 
All. 


XXV.— THE  GREAT  HOKNED  SERPENT. 

12         Lo'  dai  kie         no  nun  yin         yae  ni         na  nee         k  'wut  t  gaL 
Lodaiki  \  they  lived  |  they  say.     Persons  |  kept  dying 

yaeni      t'eki      bie  no  tc '  te  Lek      yaem      lacee      bienogutLek 

they  say.   |   Girls      were  making  mush  |  they  say.   |  Buckeyes   |  they  were 

soaking 

14  yaem      Loyacgai      n^kkae      Loyacgai      beduiikw^n      yaem 
they  say.     Trout  |  two  |  trout     were  dead  |  they  say. 

nakkae       detgultm       yaem       hlneLy^n        yaem        be  dun 
Two  |  they  put  in  fire    they  say.     She  ate  them  |  they  say.  |  She  died 

16  yae  ni       tco  yi  ha€      hi  neL  yan      yac  ni       be  dun      yae  nl      hai 
they  say.  |  Again  |  she  ate  |  they  say.  |  She  died  |  they  say,     the 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  161 

Lae      tuc  cae      di  duk  '      ca'  nae      di  can6      stm      di  duk  '      LO- 
other.  |  "I  am  going  |  here  east.  |  Creek     something     lies  |  east.  '  '  \  Trout 

yacgai      nakkafc      ts'uLsan      yaem     Laehae     ts'uLsan     yaem    2 
two  I  he  found     they  say.  |  One  |  he  found  |  they  say. 

tcoyiha6       Laehae      ts'uLsan       ya€m       tcoyiha*       tc'ttesya 
Again  |  one  |  he  found  |  they  say.     Again  |  he  went 

yaem      tonai      tak'      ts'uLsan      yaeni      nagesyltc       yaem    4 

they  say.  |  Fish  |  three  |  he  found  |  they  say.     He  rested  |  they  say. 

sut'      tc'ttesya      yaem      LO  yac  gai      ts'uLsan      yaem      Lae- 

Little  way     he  went  |  they  say.     Trout  |  he  found     they  say,  |  one  only. 

hae      tc'ttesya      yaeni      LO  yacgai      nakkae      ts'uLsau      yac-    6 

He  went     they  say.  |  Trout  |  two  j  he  found  |  they  say. 

ni        tc  't  tes  ya        ya€  ni  LO  yac  gai        k  'e  tc  'un  y^n  kw^n 

He  went  |  they  say.  |  Trout  |  bitten  off 

ts'uLsan        yaem        tc'ttesya       yaem       Laehae       ts'uLsau    8 
he  found     they  say.  |  He  went      they  say.  |  One  only  |  he  found 

ya€m       LO  yac  gai       tcoylha6       tc'ttesya       yaem         Laeha€ 
they  say,  |  trout.  |  Again  |  he  went  |  they  say.  |  One  only 


yaeni       LO  yac  gai       tc'nnesdai       yaem       gunt'e  10 

he  found      they  say,  |  trout.      He  sat  down  |  they  say.  |  Now 

ca'  nae      6  yacts       sline      yae  ni      tc  't  tes  ya      yae  ni       gun  t  'e 
creek  |  small     became     they  say.     He  went  |  they  say.  |  Now 

ts'uLsan      yacm      tcillek'e      tc'ttesya      yaem      tonai      LO-  12 
he  found  |  they  say  |  slime.  |  He  went  |  they  say.  |  Fish,      trout 

yacgai       ngundoe       yaem       tc'ttesya        yaem        tc'ttesya 
were  not  |  they  say.  |  He  went  |  they  say.  |  He  went 

yaem       kasya       yaem       neelai€       notguntaliit       ts'ttesm6  14 
they  say.     He  came  up  |  they  say.  |  Earth  top     he  stood  when  |  he  looked 

yaeni      to      tc'uLs^n      yaem      6dee      ts'uLsan      yaem     tc'n- 


they  say.  |  Lake  |  he  found  |  they  say.  |  Its  horn  |  he  found  |  they  say.  |  He 

looked  at  it 


yaem      yinuk'      tesiii6      yaeni      udee      nes      odee  16 

they  say.  |  South  |  it  was  looking  |  they  say.  |  Its  horn  |  long,  |  its  horn 

Lgai        yacm        nahestyahiit        tc'tce'        yaem       nantya 

white  |  they  say.  |  He  started  back  when  |  he  cried  |  they  say.  |  He  came  back 

yaem      w^,n  tc  '  kwol  luk      yaem  18 

they  say.  [  He  told  about  it  |  they  say. 


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kwa  to'  yac       na  nee       L  tcic  tc '  tun  duil       kwa  to'  yac       na- 
' '  Go  after  them  |  people.  |  Sherwood  valley  |  go  after  them.  |  People 

2  nee      to  tcuL  bie      kwa  to'  yac      tceintc      kwa  to'  yac      kol  kotc- 
Cahto  |  go  after.  |  Yuki     go  after.  |  Little  Lake 

tco  bi€       kwa  to'  yac       tcun        guL  tciii        yae  m        laeL  ba€  ml 

go  after."  |  Poles  |  were  made  |  they  say.  |  Ten, 

4  tcoyiha6      la^ba^un      tcoylhae    laeLbaeun      tcun      tcoyiha6 
again  |  ten,  |  again  |  ten,  |  poles.  |  Again 

la^Lba6!!!!        tcun        tc'tteLkut       yaem        tcun        tc'ttebile 
ten  |  poles.  |  They  went  |  they  say.  |  Poles      they  carried 

6  yacm       kV      tc'tebll6      yaem       kactc       tc'tebile       yacni 
they  say.  |  Arrows  |  they  took  |  they  say.  |  Knives     they  teok  |  they  say. 

tc'nulkut       yaem       Leneehae       tcun        dategabil6        yaem 
They  came  there     they  say.  |  All  |  poles  |  took  up  |  they  say. 

8  g§qo       yaem       tcoyiha*       g§q5       yaem       ge.tc'an       yaem 
They  speared  |  they  say.  |  Again  |  they  speared  |  they  say.      They  shot  | 

they  say. 

ge.qo      yaem      g§  qo      yacm      ge.tc'aii      yaem      g§qo      yaem 
They  speared  j  they  say.  |  They  speared  |  they  say.  |  They  shot  |  they  say.  | 

They  speared  |  they  say. 

10  kackits      y  is  fats      yaem      g§qo      yaeni      kackits      yist'^ts 
Old  man  |  cut  it  |  they  say.  j  He  speared  |  they  say.  |  Old  man  |  cut  it 

yae  ni        tea  heL  ceo       yae  ni        6  dee       buL       to        na  neL  sile 
they  say.  j  It  squealed  |  they  say.  |  Its  horn  |  with  |  water  |  it  struck 

12  yaem      be  dun      yaem      ts'i€      tc'enyic      ya€m      ode6      buL 
they  say.     It  died  |  they  say.  |  Brush  |  it  broke     they  say,  |  its  horn  |  with. 

kwone         gulk'^n         yaem         onag^Lut         yacm       6sle 
Fire  |  was  burning  |  they  say.  |  Around  it  was  burned  |  they  say.  I  Its 

head 

14  k'wut       omtcut       gulk^n       yacm       otcik'wut       gulk'ari 
on  |  its  middle  |  was  fire  |  they  say.  |  Its  tail  on  |  was  fire 

yaem      nahestya      yaem      nauntya      yaem      yebie      tee' 
they  say.  |  He  started  back  |  they  say.  j  He  came  back  |  they  say.  |  House  in  I 

he  cried 

16  yaem      Leneehae      dohae      dj^ii      nonatnecbun     to     ntceee 
they  say,  |  all.  |  ' '  Not  |  here  |  we  will  live.  |  Water  |  is  bad. 

kwetnun        to        ntceee       laeLbaeun       nahestyai       yaem 
After  this  |  water  |  is  bad."     Ten  |  went  back  |  they  say. 

18  k  'wun  nal  k  'an        tco  y  I  h  ae        6  sle        k  'wun  nal  k  '^ii        yae  ni 
On  it  was  fire  again  |  they  say.      Again  |  its  head  |  on  it  was  fire  again  | 

they  say. 


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otci      k 'wun  nai  k 'aii      yaem      nahestya      yacnl      yebieune 
Its  tail  |  on  was  fire  again  |  they  say.  |  He  went  home     they  say  |  house  in. 

nasdulk'an      yaen      yaem      nasaii      yaem      wakw      nasan    2 
' '  We  will  build  fire  again ' '  |  they  said  |  they  say.  |  They  moved  |  they  say.  | 

Away  |  they  moved 

yaem       nahestya        yaem        k 'wun  nai  k 'aii       yaeni       osie- 
they  say.  |  He  went  back  |  they  say.  |  On  it  was  fire  again  |  they  say.  |  Its 

head  on 

k'wut'      nalk'^n      ya€m      ts'usno6      olut      yaem       nahes-    4 
was  fire  again  |  they  say.  |  Mountain     they  burned     they  say.  j  He  went 

back 

tya      ya€ni       con       olutkwan      yaem      telecbi€      yeteog§- 
they  say.  |  Well  |  it  was  burned  j  they  say.  |  Sack  in  |  he  put  it  in 

bile      yae  ni      na  heL  t  kut      yae  ni      g§  sut      yae  nl      ba  gun  un    6 
they  say.  |  They  went  back  |  they  say.  |  He  pounded  it     they  say.     Coast  to 

tegin       yaem       tcob^G       nanec       tcob^G       gultc'in      yaem 
he  carried  it      they  say.  |  Poison  |  Indian      poison  |  was  made  |  they  say. 

be  dun      yaem      Lenechae      biyee      slme      yaem  8 

Died  |  they  say  |  all.  |  Theirs  |  it  became  |  they  say. 

kwun 
All. 


XXVI.—  THE  DANCING  ELK. 

to  nai        k  '  te  qo        yae  ni        sin  te  kwut        kakt(7        WOL  k^L 
Fish  |  they  speared  j  they  say  |  Kedwood  creek.  |  "Quickly  |  walk" 

yaen      yae  ni      do  ye  hee  e      nikts      guc  caL      na  dul  yic      tcun  10 
they  said  |  they  say.  |  '  1  1  am  tired.  |  Slowly  |  I  walk.  |  We  will  rest  |  tree 

uye      to  nai      ndoeungl      nandulcae      sin  te  kwut      al      OL- 
under.  |  Fish  |  are  none.  |  We  will  make  dam,      Kedwood  creek.  |  Wood  | 

make. 


tci      k'Me      6'  k'une      nanun€aie      buL      gulliebun      n^kkae  12 
Withes  |  twist.  |  Dam  |  with  them  |  will  be  tied.     Two 

6'  k  'une      tc  'in      yae  ni      he  ue      c  gi  na  ml  gl       de  k  'a      t5  nai 
twist  '  '     he  said  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Yes.  "  \  '  '  I  am  hungry.  |  Here  [  fish 

tun  t  'as      sk'ee      tatcummuL      se      kw6nedufi      no'  lie      k'^t-  14 
cut.      Soup      cook.  |  Stones     fire  place  |  put  in.  |  Soon 


dee       to  nai       Lamunkwuc       kae       tc'6'yg,n       us  t  'eye       kae 
fish  |  will  be  many  I  guess.  |  Come,     eat.  |  It  is  cooked.  |  Come, 


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tc'6'  yafi       heue       clae       tuctcut       tonai       nagulleoe      hai- 
eat.  "  \  "  Yes,  |  my  hands     I  wash.     Fish  |  is  swimming     here  from  north 

2   dae  ufi       ci       uc  qot       tc  'in       yae  ni       wai  tc  '  gun  get       yac  m 
I,  j  I  will  spear  it,  "  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  struck  over  |  they  say. 

nakka6      tonai      benulle'       yaem      nakkac      La€ha€      g§qot 
Two  )  fish  |  swam  by  |  they  say  |  two.  |  One  only     he  speared 

4  yaem      yiskan      yaeni      cgiyal      ci      heue      ntullaL      kae 
they  say.     It  was  day     they  say.  I  "  I  am  sleepy,  II"     '  '  Yes,  I  you  sleep.  I 

Well 

al      6c  Ian      ci      he  uc      al      6*  Ian 
wood     I  will  get  |  I.  "  \  "  Yes  |  wood  |  get.  '  ' 

6         tattc'usyai      ne€k'wutda      tc'tesm6      yaem      kat      kwul- 
He  went  from  the  creek.  |  Bank  on  |  he  looked  |  they  say.  |  "There  j  I 

guess 

luc       gestco       tc'in       yaenl       laeLbaeufi       tcoyiha6       laeL- 
elk,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Ten  |  again  |  ten 

8  bae  un        tc  'een  ya        ya€  m       kae       na  hue  da       wun  kuc  nuc 

came  out  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Well,     I  will  go  back  |  I  will  tell  them,  '  ' 

tc  'in      y  ae  m      ni  I      ges  tco      tc  'e  ni  nai      Lail      6?  t  guc      s  kik 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  '  '  Say     elk  |  came  out  |  many.  |  Look.  J  Boys 

10   kae        oduggee        Leunhae        dantecamufi        k'a€        ndoye 
come,  |  we  will  look.  "  |  "  It  is  so.  "  \  "  What  will  be,  |  arrows  |  are  none.  '  ' 

do  hae  dul  le  te  le      La  kwa      noL  iile      to  nai      ka  no'  te       do  ye 
'  '  We  will  do  nothing.  |  Just  |  look  at  them.  |  Fish  |  look  for.  "  |  "No, 

12  otc'une       uctcat       do        dohae       utc'un€        uLtc^t       tc'in 
to  them  J  I  will  shout.  '  '  \  "  No,  |  do  not  |  to  them  |  shout,  '  '  \  he  said 

ya€  ni      6  tc  'ufie      uc  teat  te  le      he  ue      o  tc  'uiie      UL  tc^t      nun- 
tney  say.  |  "To  them  |  I  will  shout."  j  "Yes,  |  to  them  j  shout."  |  "You 

dance 


14  d$e      yaem      ca      nundac 
they  say,  |  for  me  |  dance." 

gestco        Leneehae        notguntaL        yacm        kw7 
Elk  |  all  J  were  standing  |  they  say.  |  They  looked  at  him. 

16  L  ta  tes  ya      nee  u  noe      n  gun  dac      yae  ni      tc  'een  t  d^c      yac  m 
They  intermingled,  j  Hill  behind  |  they  danced  |  they  say.  |  They  danced  out  | 

they  say. 

neeunoehae        dulnik'        buL        on  t  guc     6tc'une        uLtea,k- 
Hill  behind  only  |  whistle  |  with.     '  l  Look  at  them.  |  To  them  |  you  shouted  ; 

18  kwan     Lta'  ki       nun  Line       tc'in       yaem       n^kka6       teLeuts 

different  things  |  you  look  at"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Two  |  ran  off 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  165 

yaem       do  te  cul  d$c  te  le       tc'in       yaem       Ltcuc       tgunna^- 
they  say.     ' '  I  will  not  go/ '  |  he  said     they  say.  |  Dust  |  flew  around 

tsut      yae  m       ges  tco       n  gun  da  clt       ta  dji       tsiin  te  SOL  del6    2 

they  say  |  elk  |  danced  because.  |  ' '  Why  |  do  you  run  off  ? ' ' 

tc'in      yaeni      Laehae      ndulm6de6      de      nanoLkut      didji 
he  said  I  they  say.  I  "One  only  I  we  will  see  I  here  I  you  come  back."  I 

"What 

OL  saxi      tsun  te  SOL  del6      nuc  m6  te  le      do  te  eul  d^c  te  le      dan6    4 
you  see?"  |  "You  ran  off.  |  I  will  look.  |  I  will  not  run  off."  |  "Long  ago 

co6        wanatc'neine        tc'in        ya6m        La6ha€        tc'eenya 
in  vain  |  I  tried  to  stop  you"    he  said  |  they  say.  |  One  only  |  came  out 

yaem       ges  ted       tc'ek       tit 'am       buL       tcVndac       ya6ni    6 

they  say,  |  elk  |  woman.  |  Her  dress  |  with  |  she  danced  out  |  they  say. 

tcoyiha6       nakka6       dulmk'204       buL       tc'utdjol       yages6a6 
Again  |  two  |  whistles  |  with  |  noise  |  was 

ya€  m       u  tea6      nuc  in6  te  le       ha  oe       o  de6      buL      n  gun  dae     8 
they  say.  |  "Her  apron  |  I  will  see."  |  Long  time  |  its  horn  |  with  |  it 

danced 

yaem      ban      ude6      ndoe      yaem      neon      guLtcat      yaem 
they  say.     Doe     its  horn  |  was  not     they  say.  |  Well  |  they  (elk)  shouted  | 

they  say 

Lene6ha6      hai      wun      tsun  teL  del6      ya6m      La6  ha6      nanec  10 
all.     The  |  some  |  ran  off  |  they  say.     One  only  |  man 

yi  nel  m6      ya6  m       La6  ha6      ges  tco      tak '  dun      t  gun  nais  «an 

looked  |  they  say,  |  one  only.  |  Elk     three  times  |  turned  around 

usi6        nd5I        tgunnasi6        ya€m        si6        t  gun  nais  6a  nit  12 
its  head     was  not  |  turned  heads  |  they  say,  j  head  j  he  turned  around  when. 

nagi205       datc'ttemil       yaem       nun  ka  dun       s'ultin6       k'a6 
Quivers  |  they  picked  up  |  they  say  |  men.  |  Bows  |  arrows 

datc'temil      yaem      Leneeha6      guLtcat      yaem      n  gun  da-  14 
they  picked  up  j  they  say.  |  All  |  shouted     they  say.  |  They  danced  when 

cut        La  ha6  ta       ye  gun  nac        ya6  m        ts  'I6       u  n56       gul  le 

one  at  a  time  [  went  in  |  they  say.  |  Brush  |  behind  |  became 

ya6m       ges  tco      tcoyiha6      ts'i6      uno6      tak'ta      yegunya  16 
they  say,  |  elk.  |  Again  |  brush  j  behind  |  three  at  a  time  |  went  in 

yaem      Ia6sani      yegunya      yaenl      ts'i6      uno6      yibanLa6- 
they  say.  |  Five  |  went  in  |  they  say.  |  Brush  |  behind  |  six. 


204  Perhaps  the  root  -m  "to  speak,  to  make  a  noise"  with  a  suffix. 

205  Of.  Hupa  xdnna  we  "his  quiver"  (I,  96,  13). 


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ha«        tcoyiha6        yegunya        yaeni        yibanngkka6        ts'ie 
Again  |  went  in  |  they  say  |  seven.  |  Brush 

2  u  noe      la^L  bae  un      ye  gun  ya      yae  ni     hai  un  hae      ts  'ie      u  no6 
behind  |  ten  |  went  in  |  they  say,  |  same  place  |  brush  |  behind 

kwoc      u  noe 
whitethorn  |  behind. 

4         nanec      tc'enalkut      nanec      yaeniLine      yaeni      daya€- 
People  |  came  out,  |  people  |  they  looked  at  |  they  say.     ' '  What  did  they 

do?" 

t'ifige     ya«n      yaem      conk§      nund^c      yaen      yaem      heue 
they  asked  |  they  say.  |  ''Well  j  they  danced?"  |  they  asked      they  say.  | 

' '  Yes, 

6  conk '      nun  da  ci      Lail      L  ta'  ki      me  I  ne      tea6  buL      n  gun- 
well   |   they  danced.   |   Many  |   different  ways  |  I  saw.   |  Dress  with   j   they 

danced. 

dace     k'aebuL     n  gun  dace     yaedomunne     tide6     k5wunyan 
Arrows  with  |  they  danced.     They  grew  small.  |  Their  horns  |  grew, 

8  n  gun  tc^G  GI     do  hae  co  doL  kut203     dane    kuc  te  so'  na  ye     do  ha€- 
became  large.     Do  not  ask  me.  |  Long  ago  |  you  ran  off.  |  You  did  not  look. ' ' 

ne  WOL  I  ne    La  kit    a  do'  ne  kw^n  n^n    kw  t  nuii    L  ta'  ki    do  hae- 

' '  For  nothing  |  you  talk.  |  Next  time     different  ways  |  you  must  not  shout 

10  OL  tea  bun      utc'un6    nacoLnabufi     dactyacode6      coilkineL- 
close  to  them."  |  "You  must  examine  me,  |  if  anything  is  wrong.  |  Well 

you  look. 

Tne     ciyec     tc'an     Lkun     ant'ehit     conk'     n  gun  dace     do- 
My  |  food  |  is  sweet     because.     Well  |  they  danced.  |  Do  not  ask  me. 

12  hae  co  doL  kut      kwun  Lan  ye      n  huL  kwiL  nuk      dan  L^fi  gi      to- 
That  is  all  |  I  have  told  you.  |  How  many  |  fish 

nai       so'  qot       n  do  ye        lan^  bae  uil        s  duk  qo  de       tco  yl  hae 
you  spear?"  |  "None.  |  Ten     we  speared.  |  Again 

14  n  he  naiL  ka  te  le       heue       al        oLtci       benaduleaie       to  nai 
we  will  pass  the  night. "  |  '  *  Yes,     wood  |  you  make.     We  will  try  again.  | 

Fish 

tc  'n  noL  t  'as      k  'at  dee      non  duL  kwuc      he  uc      tc  'n  nut  dul  t  'as 
cut  up.  I  Soon  |  will  come  probably. ' '  \  ' ( Yes,  |  we  will  cut 

16  to  nai       guL  gel6      yae  m       to  nai       yae  tc  '611  ge       ya€  ni       Lafi 
fish. "  |  It  was  evening  |  they  say.  |  Fish  |  they  speared  |  they  say.  |  Many 

g§q5t      yacm      daktc      yiskan      yaem 

they  speared  |  they  say.  |  Nearly  |  it  was  day  |  they  say. 


200  Cf.  Hupa  root  -xut  "to  ask,  to  question"  (III,  252). 


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kae       na  tc  't  toL  geL       k  'urn  muL       nai  dut  yaL       ye  bie  une 
1 '  Come,  |  make  up  the  loads  |  withes  with.  |  We  will  go  home  |  house  to. 

nee      nesse      tc'tebil6      yaem       yelmdiiii      kakto       naoLt-     2 
Land  |  is  far. ' '     They  carried  them    they  say,  |  Yelindin.  |  ' '  Quickly  |  walk 

back. 

kuL      dc|n  te  coe      u  len      no'  ta  gun      nal  t  kut      yae  nl      ye  bie 
Something     may  have  happened  |  our  home."  |  They  came  back  |  they  say  | 

house  in. 

n  do  ye      ges  tco      u  tc  'une      gul  tea  dut      n  gun  da  ce      sa'  dun-     4 
' '  None.  |  Elk  |  at  |  he  shouted  when  |  they  danced.  |  Alone 

hae      me  I  ne      tsun  teL  de  lut      sa'  dun  hae      hai  hit      do  hae  ka- 
I  looked,     they  ran  off  when  |  alone,  j  Nevertheless     I  wasn't  sick. 

kosileae      do  hae  ka  ko  si  le  Ge      hai  hit      to  nai      ndoye      nak-     6 

I  wasn't  sick  |  on  account  of  that.  |  Fish  |  were  not.  |  Two 

kae      n  hes  ka  ni      nan  dut  t  ya  ye 

we  spent  the  night.  |  We  came  home." 

hota        tcoylhae        na  dut  yae  tele        tacode6        k'anc^n    8 
Then,  j  ' l  Again  |  we  will  go  back  |  sometime.  |  This  time 

to  nai        Lan        no  le  kwuc       y6fi        s  'us  da  bun  djae        L  ta'  ki 
fish  |  many  |  will  be  probably,  j  That  fellow  |  must  stay.  |  Different  ways 

Lan        duLtcincoe        la^ba6!!!!        tedutyadjae        kwtnun  10 

much     he  bothers.  |  Ten  |  we  will  go.  |  Next  time 

tak'       nhenaiyoLkadja6       tc'unt'an       6'sut       tutdebuLtel- 
three  |  we  will  spend  the  night.  |  Acorns  |  pound.  |  We  will  need  to  carry 

them. ' ' 

bun       heue       kwadulletele        b!enoguLLek       yaem       sk'ee  12 

I 1  Yes,     we  will  do  that. ' '  \  They  soaked  |  they  say  |  mush. 

Le  nee  hae         tc  '6'  sut         tc  'un  t  'an         to  nai         on  dul  l^n  te  le 
' '  All  |  you  pound     acorns.  |  Fish  |  we  will  go  after. 

t  'us  te       guc  geL  te  le       ki  tsae       wo'  teL  bun       tai  tc 't  buL  bun   14 
Dough  j  I  will  carry.  |  Basket-pot  |  you  must  carry  |  will  cook  it. 

nin      Lae      gun  eL  tele      Leneehae    tutdugge6      wuii      t'ust207 
You  |  too  |  you  carry.  |  All  |  we  will  carry.  |  Some  |  dough 

toLte        lace6        tc'wo'buL        wuii        tc'ttuggan        tetbile  16 
you  make  |  buckeye.  |  You  carry     some  |  mouldy  acorns. ' '     It  rained 

yac  ni        do  hae  tc 't  teL  kut        yae  ni        t^c  co  dee        nin  yan  de€ 

they  say.  |  They  didn  't  go  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Sometime  |  clears  off  when 


207  Cf.  Hupa  kittast  (I,  28). 


168  University  of  California  Publications.   [AM.AHCH.ETH. 

tut  dl  ya  djae      n  dul  ifie      Le  nee  hae      no'  il      niii  yaii  kwail  uu  gl 
we  will  go.  |  We  will  look.     All  |  you  stay.  |  It  has  cleared  off. ' ' 

2         kac      gut  dl  yaL        Le  nec  hae        bel  kats        niii        tc  '6'  buL 
"Come,  |  we  will  go,  |  all.  |  Spear  |  you  |  carry. 

te'kak'       Lae       wo' geL       dje'        La€       natc'oLgeL       wd' geL 
Net  |  another  |  you  carry.  |  Pitchwood  |  another  |  let  him  carry.  |  Carry 

them.'' 

4  tc'teLkut      yaem       kae      kuwoLkaL      nee      nese      ndutya 
They  went  |  they  say.     ' '  Well  |  walk.  |  Land  |  is  far.  |  We  go 

kakw        tc'in         yaem         nanincaie         kunduntc         yaesliiie 
fast,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Dam  |  close  |  they  became 

6  yaem      tc'nnulkut      yaem      $1      oLtd      ckik      ucylt      tot- 
they  say.  |  They  came  there  |  they  say.  |  "Wood  |  make,     my  children.  [  I 

will  make  a  house.  |  It  may  rain, ' ' 

buLuri      tc'in      yaem      s'usyi*      yaem      al      yaeLtci      yaeni 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  He  made  a  house  [  they  say.     Wood     they  made     they 

say. 

8  k'atde6      tonai      Lan      nolebuil      al      oLtci 
1 '  Soon  |  fish  |  many    will  be.  |  Wood  |  you  make. ' ' 

ho  ta       guL  gele      yae  m      na  nin  eaie  k  'wut       OL  k  'afi       gui.- 
Then  |  it  was  evening  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Dam  on  |  make  a  fire.  |  It  is  evening. 

10  gel  le       kae       OL  k  '^ii       tc  'in       yae  ni       tc '  kak '       ya  g§  kan 
Well,  |  build  a  fire, ' '  \  he  said  |  they  say.     Net  |  he  put  in 

yae  ni      to  nai      buii      bel  kee      k  'wun  no'  lie      bel  kats      to  nai 
they  say,  |  fish     for.  |  ' '  Spear-point  |  put  on  |  pole.  |  Fish 

12  naontelekwuc      hota      tonai      nun  tele      yacnl      ges      mi- 
may  come."  |  Then  |  fish  |  came  |  they  say.  |  "Black  salmon  |  spear." 

qot      to  nai      ho  ta      s  'us  qo      yae  ni      tc '  kak '      no'  tic      tc  'in 
Fish  |  then  |  he  speared  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Net  |  hold "  |  he  said 

14  yaem      doyaekac      yaem     benulle208      yaeni      tonai      6' kan 
they  say.  |  They  didn't  net  it  |  they  say.  |  It  swam  in  |  they  say.  |  "Fish  | 

net. 

to  nai        wun        c  gi  na  e        ta' t  '§s        tc  'in        yae  ni        Lae  hac 

Fish  |  for  |  I  am  hungry.  |  Cut  it, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  One 

16  nanec        heue        been  a6        dek'a        tast'ats        yaenl        tef- 
man,  |  ' ( Yes,  |  I  roast  it. "  j  There  |  he  cut  it  |  they  say.  |  He  washed  it 

na  tc  'us  de      yae  ni      to  bie      de  tuc  te  lit       de  t  gun  €an      ya€  n! 
they  say,  |  water  in.  |  "  I  will  roast  it. "  |  He  put  it  in  the  fire  |  they  say 


208  be-  "along  the  shore,  against. 


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kwon€  duii      ta  tc  'o'  buL      us  t  'e  ye  kwul  luc  un      to  nai      us  t  'e- 
fire  place.  |  "Cook  soup."  |  "It  is  done  I  guess,  |  fish  |  is  done  I  guess." 

ye  kwul  luc  un        ta  tc  '6'  bile        yae  m        kae        na  tc '  dul  tcan  2 
They  cooked  soup     they  say.  |  ' l  Come,  |  we  will  eat, 

us  t  'e  ye       c  Ink       tc  'in       yae  ni       na  t  gus  tcan       y ae  ni       kae 
it  is  cooked,  |  my  children,"   |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  They  ate  |  they  say.  | 

1 '  Come, 

te  so'  m€        to  nai        a  te  gun        na  on  te  le  un€        yaen        yae  ni  4 
look.     Fish  |  around  yourselves  |  might  come,"  |  they  said  |  they  say. 

bike  nun  tcut       tcum  meL  yits209       noLin       hitoloskwuc       tc'- 
"Net  string  {  stick  tied  with  |  look  at.  |  It  is  pulling  I  guess.  |  I  have  eaten 

enough, ' ' 

gi  tc^g  ge        tc  'in        yae  ni        ci        Lae        tc '  gi  tcag  ge        tc  'in  6 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  "I     too  |  I  have  eaten  enough"  |  he  said 

yaeni      hota      ka6      kahesdim6    tc'in      yaem      to  nai      g§qo 
they  say.  |  Then  |  '  <  Well,     we  will  look  for  them, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  | 

Fish     he  speared 

yae  ni        hai        Lee        nun  dul        laeL  bae  un        g§  qo        yae  ni  8 

they  say.  |  That  |  night     they  came,  |  ten  |  they  speared  |  they  say, 

to  nai 
fish. 

yisk^n        yaem        nadutyaL        yebieufie        to  nai        gun-  10 
It  was  day  |  they  say.     ' '  We  will  go  home  |  house  to.  |  Fish  j  are  many. ' ' 

La  ni        tc '  te  bile        yae  ni        ye  ble  une        kakt^        na  wo'  duL 
They  carried  them  |  they  say  |  house  to.  |  "Quickly  |  you  go," 

yaen       yaem       nee       nese       ts'usno6       ntcaaae       kunduii  12 
they  said  |  they  say.  |  "Land  |  is  far.  |  Mountain  |  is  large.  |  Close 

nas  dul  line      naltkiit      yaeni      yebie      kwunLan      dan6     un 
we  are. ' '  \  They  came  back  |  they  say  |  house  in  |  all.  |  ' ( Already 

sk'e«      tateso'bil^      tc'in      ya^m      do  ye      do  tai  tc '  dub  bul  le  14 
mush  |  you  have  cooked?"  |  he  asked  |  they  say.  |  "No,  |  we  have  not 

cooked. ' ' 

to  nai      becnae      tc'in      yaem      nanec      Lafi      kwunLan  hae 
' '  Fish  |  I  will  roast, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.     People  |  many  |  all 

yibi*ta'         to  nai        det§g§e^n        yaem        sk'ee        us  t 'eye  16 

houses  among  |  fish  |  they  roasted  |  they  say.  |  "Mush  |  is  cooked 


209  These  two  words  refer  to  a  string  coming  up  from  the  body  of  the 
net  to  which  a  small  stick  is  tied,  the  moving  of  which  gives  warning  of 
the  presence  of  a  fish  in  the  net. 


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giint'e      kae      tc'o' ygn      dow6'heee      neentcatduii      nahes- 
now.  |  Come  |  eat."  |  "You  are  tired  |  country  large  |  you  have  come  be 
cause. 

2  so'  t  ya  hut       yaen  to'  I$L       n  te  si  lal  tel       Lan       sk'ee       n  tcao 
Go  to  sleep.  |  I  will  sleep  |  much  |  mush  |  large 

te  giL  tse  gut 

I  have  eaten  because." 

kwiin  Lafi. 
All. 


XXVII.— COYOTES  SEEN  FISHING. 

4         tonai      yaetc'teqot      kaihit'      yaem      belkats      yaeheL- 
Fish  |  they  were  spearing  |  winter  time  |  they  say.  |  Spear  shaft  j  they 

made 

tcm       yaem       benic       coyaegulla'        yaeni       bel  get       dje' 
they  say.  |  Prongs     they  fixed  |  they  say.  |  Spear-point  |  pitch 

6  k 'we  yae  heL  t 'an      yaem      yaesk'afi      kwofi6      se      detga6aii 
they  stuck  on  |  they  say.  |  They  had  a  fire.  |  Fire  |  stones  |  they  put  in 

yae  m       kac       tut  dut  ya       he  ue       tc  'in       yae  nl       na  nul  kut 
they  say.   |   ' f  Come,   |  let  us  go. "   \  ' '  Yes, "   |  he  said  |  they  say.   |   They 

crossed 

8  tan  tco        tc '  nun  il        yae  ni        tcun  u  ye        na  nee        gul  san 
river.     They  sat  down  |  they  say,  |  tree  under.  [  Person  |  was  seen 

yaem       iaehae       dancaun       tc'in       yaem        idakw;        kwuc 
they  say.  |  One,  |  "Who  is  it?"     he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Yuki  |  probably." 

10  do       I  date       un  gT       yae  L  gai  un  gi       bel  kats       conk '       gut- 
' '  Not  |  Yuki  |  it  is.  |  They  are  white.  |  Shaft  |  well  |  is  blackened. 

Lutungi      kwnoLin6      tc'in     yaeni     tcoyiha6      Laehae      ts'ie- 
Look  at  him, "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  Again  |  one  |  brush  in 

12  bi€       tc'eenya       yaem       dan  can       tc'in       yaem       do       na- 
came  out  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Who  is  it  ?  "  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  ' '  Not  j  a  person 

nec       unglkwulluc       noliii6       nconk'       tcoyiha6       tc'eenya 
is  I  think.  |  Look,  |  well."  |  Again  |  came  out 

14  ya€ni       belkats      tc'eentan       yaeni       bahan       kwullucungi 
they  say.  |  Spear-shaft     he  took  out     they  say.  |  "War  |  I  think  it  is," 

tc  'in      yae  ni       Lan      t5  nai      yaes  qot  kw^ii      yac  m      kuc  gul- 
he  said  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  fish  |  they  had  speared  |  they  say.      They  were 

found 

16  san      yacm      tonai       nabunyoL       yacm       s'usqo        yaeni 
they  say.  |  Fish  |  they  drove     they  say.  |  He  speared  it  |  they  say. 


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nunneLgale       yaem       odjitc'istuk       yaeni       belget       tc'e- 
He  beat  it  |  they  say.  |  He  killed  it     they  say.  |  Spear  point  |  he  took  out 

nanean       yaem       dona  nee       ungi       tc' si  tcun       kwulluciin-    2 
they  say.  |  * '  Not  person,  |  it  is,  |  Coyote  |  it  appears  to  be. ' ' 

gi       tcoyiha6       nakkae       tc'ecnya       yaem       tcoyiha6       tak' 
Again  |  two     came  out  |  they  say.  |  Again  |  three 

tc  'een  ya       ya€  ni       tsun  teL  dele       yae  ni       kuc  5'  t  gee       tc '  si-    4 
came  out  |  they  say.  |  They  ran  away    they  say.  |  ' '  Look  at  them. ' '  |  Coyotes 

tcun       kwan  uil  gi 
they  are. 

no  wan  no  yi  tao  un  gi       nanec       nonucsuiiut      yaen       yae-    6 

"I  mistook  you.  |  People  |  I  thought  you"  |  they  said  |  they  say. 

ni          tc  'si  tcun  ye  kwan  naii          6  tcon  dut  tcan          kuc  na  djae 
' ' Coyotes  are. ' '     il  We  will  leave  them. "  |  "I  want  to  live, 

stcunkanai       nus  sail  hit'       tc'in       yaem       ci       Lae       kw^c-    8 
my  uncle,  |  I  found  you  notwithstanding, "  \  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "  I,  |  too,  | 

I  do  that. 

t'ine       tcunta'       nadlctcane       hai       ki^nucsunne       odai6 
Trees  among  |  I  eat.     That  |  I  know,  |  outside 

nagiyai       Leeet        do  hae  w^n  kw?  dul  nuk  kwuc        dohaentcee-  10 
I  walk  |  night  at.  |  We  will  not  tell  it.  |  Let  it  not  be  bad, 

mundja6      no  dul  sail  hit '      do  dun  te  tele      tonai      tc'okebun- 
we  saw  you  because.  |  It  will  be  nothing.  |  Fish  |  may  spear  places 

djaeta'        do  hae  di  un  tc 'une        do  hae  kan  di  te  k\vuc        tc'oya-  12 
not  this  toward  |  we  will  not  look.     He  may  eat  it. 

mun       tcinnoe       dodanco6       nhuLsus        haai        nacaedja€ 
Hide  it.  |  Nobody  |  see  you.  |  Long  time  |  may  I  walk. 

dohaekakwucledjae        n  dul  sail  hit'        ncomundja6        ciyee  14 
I  will  not  be  sick  |  we  saw  you  because.  |  Let  be  well  |  my 

tc'ek        dohaekakoledjae       yebie        namtyadee         k'atdee 
wife.  |  Do  not  let  her  be  sick,  |  house  in  |  I  come  back  if.  |  Soon 

dico6      kundufi      oyacts      oLsanne      tc'an      tatcut      tc'an  16 
something  j  close  by  j  little     you  will  find  (?).  |  Food     cooked  |  food 

no  k '  tuL  buL       do  kakto  dul  le  bun       do  hae       ye  bie  ta'        wan- 

we  will  put  on  ground.  |  We  will  not  get  sick.  [  Not  |  houses  among  [  you 

must  tell. 

kwoL  nuk  bun      dohae     tcoyiha6      hai      kwut      dohae      tonai  18 
Not     again  |  that  |  stream  |  not  |  fish 

o  no'  la  muil     ha  yi     hai      kwut     yae  tc  'o  ge  bun  djae     kt(?  t  nun 
you  must  go  after.     Those  |  that  |  stream  |  they  may  spear.  |  Next  time 


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dlta'      tonai      Lane      5  tco  n5  tcic  bun      hai      kwut      dulteik- 
this  side  |  fish  |  many.  |  You  must  leave     this  |  stream,  |  Yellow-pine  hill  I 

stream. ' ' 

2  nun  sun  kwut      tc'aii      notcagabile      yaem      dl      tc'ail      non- 
Food  |  they  left  |  they  say.     ' '  This  |  food  |  we  put  down, 

da6an       stcunkanai       dulsanit       tc'an       wandaeane       sa'- 
my  uncle  |  we  found  because.     Food  |  we  give  him.  |  Alone 

4  dun  k  'wa      na  dul  tcan  kwan 
he  will  eat  it. ' ' 

kwun  Laii 

All. 

XXVIII.— COYOTES  SET  FIRES  FOB  GRASSHOPPERS. 

dl  de6      Laii       na  nee      tes  ya      ya€  nl      sen  tcaa      Lee  kl  se- 
North  |  many  |  people  |  came  |  they  say.  |  Rock  large  |  they  were  going 

to  trade. 

6  telit       kV       ulee       Letc'onket        yaenl        beL       Letc'onke 
Arrows,  |  baskets  |  they  traded  |  they  say.  |  Rope  [  they  traded 

yae  nl      t  'ee      Le  tc  'on  ke      ya€  nl      tc '  nun  dac      Lee      nes  dun 
they  say.  |  Blankets  |  they  traded  |  they  say.  |  They  danced,  j  Night  j  long, 

8   djm  tco       yae  nun  dac       yae  nl       I  dakii;       tc'  nun  dac       yae  nl 

fully  day     they  danced  |  they  say.     Wailaki  |  danced     they  say. 

tc'yaiiki      yoe      buL      k'ae      s'uLtifie      muL      Laeha€      yiLkai 
Women  |  beads  |  with,  |  arrows  |  bows  |  with  |  one     morning 

10   Lae       djifi       tc' nun  dac       yaem       n^kkae       nanec       tc'elle 
one  |  day  |  they  danced  |  they  say.  |  Two  |  people  |  sang 

ya«m      Laii      nun  dac      yaem      6sie      bietceean      buL 
they  say.  [  Many  |  danced  |  they  say,  |  head  |  taken  off  |  with. 

12         kae       kwun  Laii       do  ye  hee       beL  kee       nai  dut  yaL       he  ue 
"Well,  |  enough.  |  I  am  tired.  |  It  is  finished.  |  We  will  go  back."  | 

' '  Yes, 

tcoyiha6      n  dut  dac      k'atde6      tc'na  del  tcan      k'atde6      na- 
again  j  we  will  dance.  |  Soon  |  we  eat.  |  Soon  |  let  us  go  home. 

14  duttyadjae       na' ke       Leneehae        na  dut  t  yae  tel  bun        ko- 

Swim  |  all,  |  we  may  go  back.  |  It  is  warm. 

wun  sul  le       ts '  y^n  kl       no'  sie       tc  'e  naL  duL        6  yacts        ko- 
Women  |  your  heads  j  comb.  |  Little  |  it  is  cold  when 

16   wuntunde6       nowoLkaLbufi       liainuk'       tsusna6       onawo'- 
you  must  go  back.  |  Here  south  |  yellow  jackets  |  you  must  smoke. 


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yobufi       slus       Lan        o  dji  OL  tuk  buii       nun  ka  dun        intcee 

Ground-squirrels  |  many  |  you  must  kill.     Men  |  deer 

nai  gi  gaL  bun      no'  wa  ka      conk '      te  so'  I  nut      Le  guc      La  ne    2 
must  kill.    About  yourselves  |  well  |  you  look.  |  Eattlesnakes  [  are  many. 

do  hae      ts  'ie  bie      te  gate      do  hae  yl  he  y ac  bun      no  m      n  tcee  e 
Not     brush  in  |  wander.  |  You  must  not  go  in.  |  Grizzlies    are  bad. 

do  hae  LO'  tcac  bun  L  ga  duntc  in  tee6  6  no'  La  bun    4 

You  must  not  shoot  each  other.  |  Keep  separated.  |  Deer  |  you  must  shoot. 

sa'  dun  k  'wa          ts '  yafi  ki          ca  ni          na  gat  daL  bun          no- 
Alone  j  women  |  only  |  must  walk  back  |  away  from  us. 

wakw      wun      buL      nahoLtkut      nee      nconta'       nonadun-    6 
Some  |  with  |  you  go  back.  |  Place  |  good  |  we  camp, 

nlc      nee  kwun  tea'  tae      Lan  te  le      na  nee      to  n  con  dun      na- 
place  large,  j  Will  be  many  |  people.  |  Water  good  place  |  camp. 

no'  s$t      na  nee       non  k '  tcin       L$n  ta'  hae       na  nee       ya  mufi     8 
People  |  tarweed  |  much  places  |  people  |  must  eat. 

k'aie      nakwoLye      ts'ya^ikiyi      nunkaduiiyi      in  tee6      kai- 
Hazelnuts  |  gather  |  women.  |  Men  |  deer  |  must  look  for. 

ntebun       wun      tc'ttoLdeedjae      tc'aii       Lamundja6       guL-  10 
Some  |  cook.  |  Food  |  let  be  much.  |  Evening  when 

gelebiiL       nandutyakwuc       ts'yanki       djmtco       nanoLkab- 
we  will  come  back.  |  Women  |  yet  day     you  must  come  back. 

bun      tc'aii      ta'tc^bbun        Lan        Lta'kits  12 

Food  |  you  must  cook,  |  many     kinds/' 

na  san      hai  dae  un      na  nan  ym      sen  tea'  kwut      na  n^n  ym 
They  moved  |  this  way.  |  They  crossed  |  rock-large  creek.  |  They  crossed 

yictc  s  'UL  tin  kwut        dan  co€        nais  Lut        sai  sajntc  bie        e  he  14 
Ten-mile  creek.     ' '  Who  |  has  burned  over  |  lower  pasture  ?  "  |  "  That  is  so, 

kae       odugge6       ya€n       yaem       heu€       tutdutya       kw5fi€ 
well,     we  will  look,"  |  they  said  |  they  say.     "Yes,  |  we  will  go."  |  Fire 

ntcao       gullut      yaem       Lo'       dodanco6       ya^Lsus       yaem  16 

large  j  was  burning  |  they  say,  |  grass.  |  Nobody  |  they  saw  j  they  say. 

nadulyicdjae       danc5ekwuc       kahesdim6       yoon       Laehae 
' '  We  will  rest.  |  Somebody  I  guess.  |  We  will  look.  |  Over  there  |  one 

dan  coe         tc '  qal  un  gi         k  V         tc '  gul  lei  un  gi         dan  can  yi  is 

somebody  |  is  walking.     Arrow  |  he  is  carrying.  |  Who  can  it  be? 

kae       ki^  tsun  ti  duL       do  ye       tc '  si  tcun       kwul  luc  ce       a  dits 
Come,  |  we  will  run  off."  |  "No.  |  Coyote  |  it  looks  like.  |  Grasshoppers 


174  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

tc'tanufigi       do      huii       kwullucuiigl       doungi      tc'sltcun 
he  eats.  |  Not  |  him  |  it  looks  like.  |  It  is  not.  |  Coyote 

2  kwullucungi         kae         k?0ts'une         kunnucyicdjae         tc'in 
it  looks  like.  |  Well,  |  to  him  |  I  will  talk,"  |  he  said 

yaem      heuc      ktt?tc'uii€      kwinunyic      kwnutdulm6      dan- 
they  say.  |  ' '  Yes,  |  to  him  |  you  will  talk.  |  We  will  look  at  him.     Who 

4  dji      na  SOL  Luk  kwan      do  tc '  ke  nee  un  gl      do      na  nee      un  gi 
you  have  burned?"  |  "He  doesn't  speak.  |  Not  |  person  |  it  is. 

hai      na  tc '  sin  un.  gi      tc '  teL  cuts  un  gl      lae  sa  ni      kw$n      yae- 
There  j  he  stands.  |  They  run  off . "  |  Five     were  |  they  say. 

6  ni      tc'sltcun      adits      k'tebil*      yaem      teleebie      tsunteL- 
Coyote  |  grasshoppers  |  picked  j  they  say,  |  sack  in.     They  ran  off 

del6       y a6  ni       ha  y I       tuts       n  gun  doc        yae  ni        tc '  si  tciin 
they  say.  |  Their  |  canes  |  were  not     they  say.  |  Coyotes 

8  can      kuctesnai      yaem      laesam 
only  |  ran  off     they  say,  |  five. 

kwun  L^n 
All. 


XXIX.— WATER-PEOPLE  AND  THE  ELK. 

gestco       gulsan       yaem       hai       kwun  teL  bi€       yiuntcun 
Elk  |  was  found  |  they  say.  |  This  |  valley  in  |  this  way 

10  kaL      yaem      buntigiyo      yacm      donheekw^n      yacm      te- 
was  walking  |  they  say.  |  They  chased  it  |  they  say.  |  It  was  tired  |  they 

say.     It  ran  in  water 

nol  euts      ya€  m      kwun  ye  gul  la      yae  ni      Laii      na  nee      dan- 
they  say.  |  It  sunk  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  people,  [  "What  will  be? 

12  tecamun      gestco      kwun  ye  gul  lat      yaen      yaem 
Elk  |  has  sunk, ' '  |  they  said     they  say. 

nanec          Lachae          nunducs'usda20T          yaem          hun 
Person  |  one  |  was  courting  there  |  they  say.  |  He 

14  tc '  nun  ya       yae  ni       kwun  ye  tc '  gul  le        yae  ni        ka  na  gui  le 
came  |  they  say.  |  He  dived  |  they  say.  |  He  came  up 

yaem      beL      Lelyits      yaem      Lan      kwun  ye  tc' guile      yaem 
they  say.  |  Eope  |  he  tied  together  |  they  say,     many.  |  He  dived  |  they  say. 

16  beL       buL       udee       be  SIL  yits  kwafi  ha        beL        tusloskwue 

"Eope  |  with  |  its  horn  |  I  tie  if  |  rope  |  I  will  pull," 


VOL-  5J  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  175 

tc'in        yaem         dok'uii        tokiyahun         dai  hi  duL  tin  kwan 

he  said  |  they  say.     Already  |  water  people  |  had  taken  it 

yacni       beL      tc'telos      yaem        Lene€hae       beL        te  gelds    2 
they  say.  |  Eope  |  he  pulled  repeatedly  |  they  say.     All  |  rope  |  pulled 

yacm      hota      kana  guile      yaem      tanas  tya      yaem      ges- 
they  say.  |  Then  |  he  came  up  |  they  say.  |  He  came  out  of  the  creek  I  they 

say.  |  Elk 

tco      tagutt'ats      yaem      kana  mil*      yaem      yebieune      ho-    4 
they  cut  up  |  they  say.     They  carried  it  up  |  they  say  |  house  to.  |  Then 

ta      nanec       Laehae      dokwacnatele      tokiyahuii      wanm- 
man     one     ' '  I  shall  not  live  |  water-people     I  swam  to  because, ' ' 

leget      tc'in      yaenl      hota      kanamil*      yaem      yebie  6 

he  said  |  they  say.  |  Then  |  they  brought  it  |  they  say  |  house  in. 

hota    nanec    La€-hae    hai    kakosle    ya€m    nusk'ai    yaem 
Then  |  man  |  one  |  that     was  sick  |  they  say.  |  He  was  crazy  |  they  say. 

gulgele      yaem      oyactc      tea  kwo  guL  gel  lit      be  dun      yacm    8 
It  was  evening  |  they  say,  |  little.     Very  it  was  dark  when  |  he  died  |  they 

say 

nanec      yiskanit      k5g§Lut      yaem 
man.  |  It  was  day  when  |  they  burned  him  |  they  say. 

kwun  L^fi 
All. 

XXX.— EATTLESNAKE  HUSBAND. 

tc '  naL  dun       stin      yae  nl       sa'  dun  hae       L6  guc       nun  ya  10 
Adolescent  girl  |  was  lying     they  say,  |  alone.  |  Eattlesnake  |  came 

yaem       tc'ek       buL      tc'nestin       yaem       dan  t  can       nestin 
they  say.  |  Woman  |  with  j  he  lay     they  say.  |  "Who  |  lay  down?" 

yom      yaem      tc'naLdun     s'uswotc      yaem      Leguc      nun  us-  12 
she  thought  |  they  say.  |  Tc  'naLdun  |  he  tickled  |  they  say.  |  Eattlesnake  I 

got  upj 

duk  k  'ee      to      yi  gun  to6      yae  nl 
water  j  he  drank  all  |  they  say. 

to       6claiie       tc'in       yaem       dandji       ano't'e       tc'naL-  u 
"Water  |  I  will  get,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Who  |  are  you?"  |  tc' 
naLdun 

dun       tc  'in       y ae  nl       Le  guc       ac  t  'e  ye       tc  'in       yae  nl       Lee 

said  |  they  say.  |  "Eattlesnake  |  I  am,"  |  he  said  |  they  say.  |  "Night 

nuL      si  tine      do  kwun  nun  sun  ne      ciyee      tc'ek      a  mint 'eye  16 
with  you  |  I  lie.     You  did  not  know  it.  |  My  |  woman  |  you  are. 


176  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

do  dan  coe        CUL  sus  e        do  hae  c  gun  ki  niik  bun        ne  6  dun  nun 
Xobody  |  sees  me.  |  You  must  not  tell  about  me.     You  will  die 

2   wunkw?nukde€       yoc       tc' teLbuLkwan     yacm     yoe      gut  Lori 
you  tell  about  when. ' '  \  Beads  |  he  had  hung  up  |  they  say.  |  Beads  |  woven 

tc '  teL  buL  kwan      yaem      guLgellut      tc'naLdun      buL      tc'- 
he  had  hung  up  |  they  say.  |  Evening  when  |  tc'naLdun     with  |  had  lain 

down 

4  nes  tin  kwan        yaenl        tc'naLduii        Le6        kin  nee        yaem 
they  say.  |  Tc  'naLdun  |  night  |  talked     they  say. 

yiskan      na  hes  t  yai  kwan      yaem      yiskan      nauntyaikwa^i 

It  was  day  |  he  had  gone  home  |  they  say.  |  Morning  |  he  had  come  back 

6  yaem       kitsae       da  sit  dun  tan       totc'un*       on  gul  Ian       tc'ek 
they  say.  |  Basket-pot  |  wTas  standing.  |  Water  toward  |  he  brought  |  woman 

ba 

for. 

8         nahestyai        guLgel€        nauntyai        Leneehae        nance 
He  went  back.  |  Evening.  |  He  came  back.  |  All  |  people 

nteslallut      tc'ek      buL      tc' nes  tin      Lee      tc'naLdun      kin- 
were  asleep  when  |  woman  |  with  |  he  lay  down.  |  Night  |  "Tc'naLdun  |  is 

talking. ' ' 

10  necungl       kt^n^ii        dahintci        ciyatcetc       L*guc       act'e- 
Her  mother  |  "What  you  say  |  my  girl?"  |  « < Kattlesnake  |  I  am. 

ye      nanec      kunnucylcye      ciye€      tc'ek      a  nun  t 'eye      do- 
People  |  I  talk.     My  |  woman  |  you  are.  |  Do  not  let  me  be  killed. 

12  ha6stcigultukbundjae      ne  5  dun  nun      s  dji  gul  tuk  dee 
You  will  die  |  if  they  kill  me. ' ' 

yoe       teLsuii       yaem       Laii       yoe       y5egutLon       seLkut 
"Beads  |  were  hanging  |  they  say.  |  Many  |  beads,     beads  woven,  |  (gold- 
beads) 

14   yoeLtcik      yoedaieyitc      nan  gut  yai      yaem      yoe      tc'neLin€ 
beads  red,  |  beads-flowers-small.     One  came  home  |  they  say.  |  Beads  j  he  saw 

yaem      d^ntc^n      yoc      yiteLbuLkw^n      Laehae      siebies6aii 
they  say.  |  "Who  |  beads  |  hung  up?"  |  One  |  hair-net 

16  ka'       teLbuL      yaem      snee  buL  gul  lie      k'ae      naLsus      nagi- 
f eathers  |  was  hanging  |  they  say.  |  ' '  My  leg  with  is  tied, ' '  |  arrows  |  hang 
ing  |  quiver  with 

buL       ya€  m       Lo?  teL       sie  bie  seaii       se  qot       teL  buL       yae  ni 
they  say.  J  Bear  grass  |  hat,  |  headdress  |  was  hanging     they  say. 

18  kactc       Ltso       teleebie       seajn       yaeni       buLgulgus       st^n 
Knife  |  blue  |  sack  in  |  lay  |  they  say.  |  Fire-sticks  |  lay 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  177 

yaem       guLgele       tc'ek       buL       s 'us  tin       yaem       dohaestci- 
they  say.  I  Evening     woman  I  with  I  he  lay  I  they  say.  I  "Do  not  let  me  be 

killed," 

guLtukbundja*      tc'in      ya€m  2 

he  said  j  they  say. 

ciyatcetc      Leguc      do  hae  nun  un  duk  k 'ee      nuL      nestlne- 
"My  daughter,  |  rattlesnake.     Do  not  get  up.  |  With  you  |  he  has  been 

lying. ' ' 

k  wan  nan.       doLegucye       nanecye       dohaeodji  oLtuk       neo-    4 
"  It  is  not  rattlesnake.  |  Person  it  is.  |  Do  not  kill  it.  |  '  You  will  die ' 

dun      tc  'in  ye      Le  guc      6  djT  SOL  tuk  dee      ce  e  dun  te  le      6  dji- 
he  said     rattlesnake  |  you  kill  if.  |  I  shall  die  |  you  kill  it  if. 

6Ltukdee      ceo  dun  nun      tc'in      yaeni      nangulgale      Leguc    6 
I  am  dying/7     she  said     they  say.  |  He  beat  it.  |  Eattlesnake 

6  dji  gul  tuk      yae  m      tc '  tel  gale      tcum  muL      yae  m      naL  gaL 

he  killed  |  they  say.  |  He  threw  it  away  |  stick  with  |  they  say.  |  "Hit 

again, 

na  tc  'k  'un210      yae  ni      tc  'ek      be  dun      yae  ni      do  hae  o  dji  OL-    8 
it  is  writhing"  j  they  say.  |  Woman  |  died  |  they  say.  |  "  'Do  not  kill  it' 

tuk      ducniungi      tc'in      yacm 

I  said,"  |  she  said  |  they  say. 

kwun  Laii 
All. 


XXXI.— WATEE-PANTHEE. 

na  kae      na  nee      in  tcee      o  sle      te  gin      yae  ni      tcin  nune  10 
Two  I  Indians  |  deer  |  heads  |  were  carrying  |  they  say,  |  stuffed  heads. 

buttco      g*uls§,ii      yaem      naka6      nanec      buttcontcao      in- 
Panther  |  was  seen  |  they  say  |  two  |  Indians.  |  Panther  big,  |  deer 

tcee        kowuntuk        yacm        kw  tcie  lai€k '        no  tci  mil6  kwan  12 
shoulders  between  |  they  say.  |  His  tail  end     it  reached 

yaem      buttcontcaa      banto€bie      buttco      to  buttco      yenat- 
they  say.  |  Panther  large,  |  ocean  in,  |  panther,  |  water  panther.  |  He  went  in 

ya       yaem       sebie      kowunnun        yaem        yoofi        tc'ami6  u 
they  say  |  rock  in.  |  Ground  jarred  |  they  say  |  way  over.  |  Hole  in 


210  This  root  is  used  of  fastening  by  means  of  a  hazel  withe,  the  name 
of  which  is  also  k'une. 


178  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

yae  tco  SUL  sail      yacm       untc'ac       yaeLulsin211       yaenl       be- 
they  listened  |  they  say.  |  ' '  You  shoot, ' '  \  they  told  one  another  |  they  say.  j 

They  were  afraid 

2   nul  git      yae  m      hai  ha      kwun  te  bun      yaen      yae  nl 
they  say.  |  < < That  |  let  it  go, '  '  |  they  said  |  they  say. 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


XXXII.—  MILK-SNAKE  AMONG  THE  EELS. 

ts  'ie      gul  tciii      yae  ni      la*L  bae  un      na  nee      al      gul  tcifi 
Brush  |  they  made  |  they  say,  |  ten  |  persons.  |  Wood  |  they  made 

4  yaem      gul  k  'an      yaem      guLgellit      nakkae      nulle      yacnl 
they  say.  |  They  made  fire  |  they  say.  |  Evening  when  |  two  |  swam  there  | 

they  say. 

Laehac        nulle        yaem        tak'        nulle        yacm        la€sam 
One  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Three  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Five 

6  nulle       yaem       laeLbacun       nulle       yaeni       Laehae       nulle 
swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Ten  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  |  One  |  swam  there 

ya€  ni      n  doe      yae  nl      ha  Ge      Lae  ha€      nul  le      yae  ni      nak- 
they  say.  |  None  was  |  they  say.  |  Long  time  |  one  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  j 

Two 


8  kac      nulle      yaem      la€Lbacun      nulle      yaen! 
swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Ten  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Twenty 

ba€  un      Lan      nul  le      ya€  nl      ta  duL  k  'uts      nul  le  gut      yae  ni 
many  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  |  Milk-snake  |  swam  when  |  they  say 

10  nanec      ts'unteLdel6      yaem     n^kkae      nanee      tesin      yacm 
people  |  ran  off  |  they  say.  |  Two  |  persons  |  stood  in  water    they  say. 

taduLk'uts      nulle      yaem      6  tsoii  gut  tcan      yaem      nawo'- 
Milk-snake  |  swam  there  |  they  say.  J  They  left  them  |  they  say.  |  "Go 

home," 

12  daL       tc'in       yaem       nanee       doyiLkai       tcong§tcan       be- 
he  said  |  they  say,  |  persons,  j  Not  day  |  they  quit  |  they  were  afraid  be 

cause. 
nul  git  ut 

kwun  141! 
All. 


211  This  word  was  perhaps  incorrectly  recorded. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  179 


XXXIII.— STEALING  THE  BABY. 

la6!.  bae  ml    tc '  yafi  ki    la  cle    bie  no  guL  Leo    yae  m    s  kie    tee' 

Ten  |  women  |  buckeyes     were  soaking  |  they  say.  |  Baby  |  cried 

yaem      de      uLtuc      ski      tc'ek      de      ULtuc      ski       tc'in     2 
they  say.  |  "Here  |  give  it,"  |  baby  |  woman,  |  ''here  |  give  it  |  baby,"  | 

she  said 

yaem      naeae      waLtm      yaem      tcakowuLgel6      tc'ek      nun- 

they  say.  |  ' '  Take  it. "  |  He  gave  it  to  her  |  they  say.  j  Very  it  became  dark.  | 

Woman  |  came  home 

tya      ya€m      tatci      cki      nteslaLun      tc'in      yaem      daiie    4 
they  say.  |  " Where  |  my  baby?  |  Is  it  asleep?"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  | 

"Long  ago 

naniLtiil        do  c  gaL  tuc  un  gi        tc'in        yaem        docga^tuc 
I  gave  it  to  you."  |  "You  didn't  give  it  to  me"  |  she  said  |  they  say.  | 

' '  You  did  not  give  it  to  me. ' ' 

kayaeunte       dogulsan      yaem       cki      tee*       yaem       yisee    6 

They  looked  for  it.  |  They  did  not  find  it  |  they  say.  |  Baby  |  cried  |  they 

say.  |  West 

tea  kwiiL  gele  bie  une        bustclo         diinni         ya€m      tgunniL 

very  dark  in  |  they  say  |  owl  |  hooted  |  they  say.  |  It  kept  hooting 

yae  ni       yi  see       nes  dun.       kwun  ya  yol       nes  dun       tea  kwuL-     8 
they  say.  J  West  j  far  |  they  followed  |  far  j  very  dark  in 

gelebie      yaeni      kw  tcon  gut  tcafi      yaem 
they  say.     They  left  it     they  say. 

kwun  Lan 
All. 


XXXIV.— THE  MAN  EATER. 

beL       natgutLon       yacm       Leneehac       nanec        in  tee6  10 
Eope     they  were  tying  j  they  say.  |  All  |  persons  |  deer 

ongil^n       yaem       sa^duilha6       ts'qax       yaem       tbuL       ye- 
went  after  j  they  say.  |  Alone     she  walked  |  they  say.     Basket  |  she  was 

carrying 

geL      yaeni      tuts      tc'guLtiL      yaem      tbuL      tallon      tc'-  12 
they  say.  |  Cane  |  she  walked  with  |  they  say.  |  Basket  |  soft  |  she  carried 

geL     yaem      clyee      in  tee6      tc'in      yaem      tc'eLtcut      yaem 
they  say.  |  ' ( My  |  deer ' '  \  she  said  |  they  say.  |  She  caught  him  |  they  say. 

nuns 'us  tm      tbuLbi6      noLtm      tc'tesgm      yaem      tcunki-  u 

She  took  him  up,  |  basket  in  |  she  put  him,  |  she  carried  him  |  they  say.  j 

Tree  bent  down 


180  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

boistc      dyeta'       wag§guc      tbuL      nuntc'uLgale      otc'una 
under  places     carrying  through  J  basket  |  she  whipped     over  it 

2  yae  ni       tc '  geL       yae  ni       yi  duk '       tcun       u  ye       wa  un  nin 
they  say.  |  She  carried  |  they  say  |  up  hill.  |  Tree  |  under  |  she  carried 

through 

tcun      yiL  tcut      da  kit  dul  buc      wun  ha      na  gut  daL      yi  duk ' 
tree  |  he  caught.  |  He  embraced  it.  |  Anyhow  |  she  went  on  |  up  hill. 

4  nuntc'uLgal6      tuts      buL      ts'konnesne      tc'in      yaem      na- 
She  whipped  |  cane    with.  |  She  found  out  |  she  said  ( ?)  |  they  say.  |  She  ran 

back 

guldal      haidaun      ciye6      intce6      tatci      tc'in      yaem      di 
down  hill.     ' '  My  |  deer  |  where  I "  |  she  said  |  they  say.  |  This 

6  na  nee      da  bes  ya      tcun  k  'wut      LUC  di  tco      tc '  guL  tal      y a6  m 
man  |  climbed  on  |  tree  on.  |  Eotten  log  |  she  kicked  |  they  say. 

ca      kjjsyai      yaem      t'ec      kivna.€      ute'una      naLtcos      ya6- 
Sun  |  came  up  |  they  say.  |  Blanket  |  her  eyes    over  them  |  she  put  |  they  say. 

8  ni      kanotyan      naheL€uts      yaem      haiduk'      yaem 
She  was  ashamed.  |  She  ran  back  |  they  say,  |  here  up  |  they  say. 

kwun  L^n 
All. 

XXXV.— DESCEIPTION  OF  MAN  EATEE. 

tc  'n  nug  gus       ku  wun  dun       6  lae       tc  'n  neL  yile212       na  ga- 
She  brings  it  |  her  home.  |  Its  hands     she  eats  up     yet  alive. 

10  kwae     6lac     nakaehac     te'nneLyil*     kwee     tc'nneLyile     La€ 
Its  hands     both  |  she  eats  up.     Its  foot  |  she  eats  up.  J  Other 

kwee     tc'nneLyile     onac     tc'enal€ac      nakaehae     buttceeac 
its  foot  |  she  eats  up.  |  Its  eyes  |  she  takes  out  |  both.  |  Its  intestines, 

12  odjik'ee      tc'nneLyile      otelee      odjle      tc'nneLyile      odes- 
small  intestines     she  eats  up.  |  Its  liver,     its  heart  |  she  eats  up.  |  Its  lungs 

kee      tc'nneLyil6      osi€    tc'nneLyil6      yaem      kwofi6      k'wun- 
she  eats  up.  |  Its  head  |  she  eats  up  |  they  say.     Fire  |  she  puts  on 

14  no  lac       yaem       se       kwoncdun       no  la       yacm       se       ntel 
they  say.     Stone  |  fire  place  |  she  puts     they  say.  |  Stone  j  flat 

sebic      gulk'an      telit      yaem      but  teen  ean      yaem      tc'neL- 
rock  in      she  builds  fire.  |  It  blazes  |  they  say.      She  disembowels  it  |  they 

say.  |  She  eats  it  up 

212  This  form  seems  to  refer  to  customary  action;  tc'nneLyan,  below, 
to  the  single  act. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  181 

yan      yaeni      6telee      tc'nneLyaji      yaenl      6deskee      tc'n- 
they  say.  |  Its  liver     she  eats  up  |  they  say.     Its  lungs  |  she  eats  up 

neLyan        yaem        odji€        tc'n  neLyan        yaem        natikuii     2 
they  say.  |  Its  heart  |  she  eats  up  |  they  say.  |  (  ?) 

yaem       tc'gunt'ats       se       k'usteL       k'wunnoLtin       tc'gun- 

They  say.  |  She  cut  it  up.     Stone  |  flat  way  |  she  put  it  on.  |  She  buried  it. 

tcai        seble        noteLgal6       ust'ei        kanagullai        tc'ussai    4 
Eock  in  |  she  threw  it.     It  is  cooked.  |  She  took  it  out.     She  dried  it 

ya€ni       da  no  la       yaenl       k'wae       ntcaa       yaeni       guLsai 
they  say.  |  She  put  it  up  |  they  say.  |  Fat  |  is  much  |  they  say.  |  It  is  dry. 

k'aitbuL      bi€       dan      tc'istcin      noennin      yaem      haihit'     6 

Burden-basket  |  in  |  pile  |  she  makes.  |  She  put  it  down  |  they  say.  |  That  is 

why 

nokwa        tc'nnadulyeG         nok'wac         n  tea  gut         kwkwe6 

for  us  |  she  always  hunts.  |  Our  fat  |  is  much  because.  |  Her  foot 

nom       kwlac       nanec       kivwo€       naLgiwo6       nanee       usie    8 


grizzly.  |  Her  hand     human.  |  Her  teeth  |  dog,  |  dog  teeth.  |  Human  |  her 

head. 

dun  dai€       a  t  'ae       tc  'ul  gin       yae  ni       kw;  nae       L  cik       yae  ni 
Flint  |  her  pocket  |  she  carries  |  they  say.  |  Her  eyes  |  shine  |  they  say. 

tcun  ta'  nac  t  bats*      s  gae     nes      kw  tc  '  gee     naL  gl      kiv  tc  '  ge6  10 

Trees  among  (  ?)  |  her  hair  |  long.  |  Her  ears  |  dog,  |  her  ears 

kun  t  'e      yac  ni 
she  is  like  |  they  say. 


XXXVI.—  A  PEAYEE  FOE  EELS. 

be  lift        didaeufi       nulle        conk'         nesyidja€         tonal  12 
'  '  Eels  |  from  north  j  swim     well  |  let  me  eat.  |  Fish 

conkwa      nesyidjae      skik      yoyafidjae      t'eki      cofik'      yo- 
well  |  let  me  eat.  |  Boys  |  may  they  eat.  |  Girls     well  |  may  they  eat. 

yajidja6      intce6      conk'kwa     nockut    tcaii     clye6      anunt'e-  14 
Deer  |  well     may  I  swallow  you.  |  Food  |  my  |  you  are 

ye      ciyee      Lkun      d5  hae  be  6  dun  djac      iic6bundjae      tc'in 
mine  |  sweet.  |  Do  not  let  it  die.  |  Let  it  be  good"  |  he  said 


16 

they  say. 


The  name  of  the  monster. 


182  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 


XXXVII.— A  SUPERNATURAL  EXPEEIENCE. 

sulgits      degaii      teleeble      nocgee      Laii      sulgits      telec 
Lizards  |  we  were  killing.  |  Sack  in  |  I  carried  |  many  |  lizards.  |  Sack 

2  tesdulbun       Laehae      uyacts       otcistultuk       ba.n       teLcuts 
we  filled.  |  One  |  small     he  killed.  |  Female  |  ran. 

yo  on       nes  tin       ta  d ji       nes  tin       n  tcaa  yl       CUL  tc '  m       yo- 
Yonder  |  it  lay.  |  "Where     does  it  lie  |  big  one?"     he  asked  me.  I  "There 

it  is," 

4  ye       ducm       tc'tc'actel       do  hac  s  tci  UL  tuk       dane       cyactc 
I  said.  |  He  was  about  to  shoot  it.  |  "  Do  not  kill  me.  |  Already     my  little  one 

0  dji  SUL  tuk  ge       ci  ye        kuc  na        6  da€  bie       kwon«       guL  tuk 
you  have  killed.  |  I  it  is     I  will  live. ; '  |  Its  mouth  in  |  fire  |  burst. 

6  keL  k  'as  kwafi      te  lee  bie      na  he  SIL  euts  kwaii      yl  duk      ka  kos- 

1  dropped  |  sack  in.  j  I  ran  back  |  up  hill.  |  I  became  sick. 

si  le  kwan      CUL  yac  t  yiil  kwafi      do  kwin  nuc  sun      ce  dun  kwafi- 
With  me  they  stood.  |  I  did  not  know  anything.  |  I  must  have  died. 

8     hut      cnan      octsan      tee  gut      cyacts      tc'inhut 

My  mother  |  I  heard     she  cried  when,  |  "My  boy,"  |  she  said  when. 

tea  kwuL  gel6         ha  kw^n         c  n^ii         e  tae         un         yd  on 
Very  it  was  dark.  |  Up  there  |  my  mother,  |  my  father     it  was,  |  yonder 

10  si  gin         se         kin  ne  dun         ts'ie        unoe         didaeufi     dico€ 
I  stood,  |  rock  |  its  base  |  brush     behind.     From  north     something 

nunt'ao        cek'         cguLk'uts        nt'ae        kaleaetele        ben- 
flew  there.  |  Spit  |  he  spit  on  me.  |  ' '  Your  feathers  |  will  grow.  |  You  will  fly 

12  t 'a  tele      diduk'      yabieuiie      tc'tdaye      ncone      tculdjiye 
up  I  sky  in.     Flowers  are.     It  is  good.  |  It  is  light. 

cundine      ncone      nee      tcoyiha6      ntcaa      nunt'aa      dane 

Sun  shines.     It  is  good  |  land. ' '  |  Again     large  one     flew  there.  |  ' '  Already 

14  un       akwulla       heue       dane       akwuclaae       haihit'        do 
you  fixed  him  V  \  "  Yes,  |  already  |  I  fixed  him.  |  Why  |  not 

tV       kalcaye       tea6       kwuL  yae  n^k  kae  gut  yi  ne       kae       kw- 
f eathers     have  come  out  ? "     "  Listen,  j  with  him  two  are  standing,  j  Well,  j 

we  will  leave  him! 

16  tsonduttcafi      yakwoLt'a      dek'a      nonamk'ats      dokwnus- 
Make  him  fly. ' '  |  There     I  fell  back.  |  I  did  not  know  how  because. 

sun  hut      dotacoe      tacac      hata      dotenesun 
Not  anywhere  |  I  went.  |  Right  there  |  I  was  senseless. 

kwun 
All. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  183 


TRANSLATIONS. 


I.— THE  COMING  OF  THE  EARTH.sis 

Water  came  they  say.  The  waters  completely  joined  every 
where.  There  was  no  land  or  mountains  or  rocks,  but  only 
water.  Trees  and  grass  were  not.  There  were  no  fish,  or  land 
animals,  or  birds.  Human  beings  and  animals214  alike  had  been 
washed  away.  The  wind  did  not  then  blow  through  the  portals 
of  the  world,  nor  was  there  snow,  nor  frost,  nor  rain.  It  did 
not  thunder  nor  did  it  lighten.  Since  there  were  no  trees  to  be 
struck,  it  did  not  thunder.  There  were  neither  clouds  nor  fog, 
nor  was  there  a  sun.  It  was  very  dark. 

Then  it  was  that  this  earth  with  its  great,  long  horns  got  up 
and  walked  down  this  way  from  the  north.  As  it  walked  along 
through  the  deep  places  the  water  rose  to  its  shoulders.  When  it 
came  up  into  shallower  places,  it  looked  up.  There  is  a  ridge  in 
the  north  upon  which  the  waves  break.  When  it  came  to  the 
middle  of  the  world,  in  the  east  under  the  rising  of  the  sun  it 
looked  up  again.  There  where  it  looked  up  will  be  a  large  land 
near  to  the  coast.  Far  away  to  the  south  it  continued  looking  up. 
It  walked  under  the  ground. 

Having  come  from  the  north  it  traveled  far  south  and  lay 
down.  Nagaitcho,  standing  on  earth's  head,  had  been  carried  to 
the  south.  Where  earth  lay  down  Nagaitcho  placed  its  head  as  it 
should  be  and  spread  gray  clay  between  its  eyes  and  on  each 
horn.  Upon  the  clay  he  placed  a  layer  of  reeds  and  then  another 
layer  of  clay.  In  this  he  placed  upright  blue  grass,  brush,  and 
trees. 

"I  have  finished,"  he  said.  "Let  there  be  mountain  peaks 
here  on  its  head.  Let  the  waves  of  the  sea  break  against  them. ' ' 


213  A  fragment  of  a  text  obtained  from  an  aged  Kato  in  1902,  who  has 
since  died,  relates  the  coming  of  the  earth  animal  after  the  falling  of  the 
sky  and  the  destruction  of  the  first  world  and  its  inhabitants  by  a  flood. 
This  myth  belongs  then  near  the  middle  of  the  next  with  the  latter  portion 
of  which  it  rather  closely  agrees. 

214  These  animals  are  named  in  the  text. 


184  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

The  mountains  became  and  brush  sprang  up  on  them.  The  small 
stones  he  had  placed  on  its  head  became  large.  Its  head  was 
buried  from  sight. 

"I  am  fixing  it/'  he  said.  "I  will  go  north.  I  will  fix 
things  along  the  shore."  He  started  back  to  the  far  north.  ''I 
will  go  around  it, ' '  he  said.  ' '  Far  above  I  will  fix  it. ' J  He  fixed 
the  world  above.  "I  have  made  it  good,"  he  said. 

When  he  went  back  far  south  he  stood  stones  on  end.  He 
made  trees  and  brush  spring  up.  He  placed  the  mountains  and 
caused  the  ground  to  stand  in  front  of  the  ocean. 


II.— CBEATION. 

The  sandstone  rock  which  formed  the  sky  was  old  they  say. 
It  thundered  in  the  east;  it  thundered  in  the  south;  it  thun 
dered  in  the  west ;  it  thundered  in  the  north.  '  *  The  rock  is  old, 
we  will  fix  it, ' '  he  said.  There  were  two,  Nagaitcho  and  Thunder. 
"We  will  stretch  it  above  far  to  the  east,"  one  of  them  said. 
They  stretched  it.  They  walked  on  the  sky. 

In  the  south  he  stood  on  end  a  large  rock.  In  the  west  he 
stood  on  end  a  large  rock.  In  the  north  he  stood  on  end  a  large, 
tall  rock.  In  the  east  he  stood  on  end  a  large,  tall  rock.  He  made 
everything  properly.  He  made  the  roads.215  He  made  a  road  to 
the  north  (where  the  sun  travels  in  summer). 

' '  In  the  south  there  will  be  no  trees  but  only  many  flowers, ' 7 
he  said.  ' '  Where  will  there  be  a  hole  through  1 "  he  asked.  At 
the  north  he  made  a  hole  through.  East  he  made  a  large  opening 
for  the  clouds.  West  he  made  an  opening  for  the  fog.  ' '  To  the 
west  the  clouds  shall  go,"  he  said. 

He  made  a  knife.  He  made  it  for  splitting  the  rocks.  He 
made  the  knife  very  strong. 

' '  How  will  it  be  ? "  he  considered.  '  *  You  go  north ;  I  will  go 
south,"  he  said.  "I  have  finished  already,"  he  said.  "Stretch 
the  rock  in  the  north.  You  untie  it  in  the  west,  I  will  untie  it 
in  the  east." 


215  It  would  seem  that  a  new  sky  with  four  portals,  four  supporting 
columns,  and  summer  and  winter  trails  for  the  sun  was  prepared  before 
the  old  worn  out  sky  was  caused  to  fall. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  185 


"What  will  be  clouds?"  he  asked.  "Set  fires  about  here," 
he  told  him.  On  the  upland  they  burned  to  make  clouds.  Along 
the  creek  bottoms  they  burned  to  make  mist.  "It  is  good,"  he 
said.  He  made  clouds  so  the  heads  of  coming  people  would  not 
ache. 

There  is  another  world  above  where  Thunder  lives.  "You 
will  live  here  near  by, ' '  he  told  Nagaitcho. 

"Put  water  on  the  fire,  heat  some  water,"  he  said.  He  made 
a  person  out  of  earth.  "Well  I  will  talk  to  him,"  he  said.  He 
made  his  right  leg  and  his  left  leg.  He  made  his  right  arm  and 
his  left  arm.  He  pulled  off  some  grass  and  wadded  it  up.  He 
put  some  of  it  in  place  for  his  belly.  He  hung  up  some  of  it  for 
his  stomach.  When  he  had  slapped  some  of  the  grass  he  put  it 
in  for  his  heart.  He  used  a  round  piece  of  clay  for  his  liver. 
He  put  in  more  clay  for  his  kidneys.  He  cut  a  piece  into  parts 
and  put  it  in  for  his  lungs.  He  pushed  in  a  reed  (for  a  trachea). 

"What  sort  will  blood  be?"  he  enquired.  He  pounded  up 
ochre.  "Get  water  for  the  ochre,"  he  said.  He  laid  him  down. 
He  sprinkled  him  with  water.  He  made  his  mouth,  his  nose,  and 
two  eyes.  "How  will  it  be?"  he  said.  "Make  him  privates," 
he  said.  He  made  them.  He  took  one  of  the  legs,  split  it,  and 
made  woman  of  it. 

Clouds  arose  in  the  east.  Fog  came  up  in  the  west.  "Well, 
let  it  rain,  let  the  wind  blow,"  he  said.  "Up  in  the  sky  there 
will  be  none,  there  will  be  only  gentle  winds.  Well,  let  it  rain 
in  the  fog,"  he  said.  It  rained.  One  could  not  see.  It  was 
hot  in  the  sky.  The  sun  came  up  now.  '  *  What  will  the  sun  be  ? " 
he  said.  * '  Make  a  fire  so  it  will  be  hot.  The  moon  will  travel  at 
night."  The  moon  is  cold. 

He  came  down.  ' '  Who,  I  wonder,  can  kick  open  a  rock  ? "  he 
said.  "Who  can  split  a  tree?"  "Well,  I  will  try,"  said  Na 
gaitcho.  He  couldn't  split  the  tree.  "Who,  I  wonder,  is  the 
strongest?"  said  Thunder.  Nagaitcho  didn't  break  the  rock. 
"Well,  I  will  try,"  said  Thunder.  Thunder  kicked  the  rock. 
He  kicked  it  open.  It  broke  to  pieces.  "Go  look  at  the  rock," 
he  said.  "He  kicked  the  rock  open,"  one  reported.  "Well, 
I  will  try  a  tree,"  he  said.  He  kicked  the  tree  open.  The  tree 
split  to  pieces. 


186  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

Thunder  and  Nagaitcho  came  down.  "Who  can  stand  on  the 
water  ?  You  step  on  the  water, ' '  Thunder  told  Nagaitcho.  '  *  Yes, 
I  will,"  Nagaitcho  said.  He  stepped  on  the  water  and  sank  into 
the  ocean.  "I  will  try,"  said  Thunder.  He  stepped  on  the 
water.  He  stood  on  it  with  one  leg.  '  *  I  have  finished  quickly, ' ' 
he  said. 

It  was  evening.  It  rained.  It  rained.  Every  day,  every 
night  it  rained.  "What  will  happen,  it  rains  every  day,"  they 
said.  The  fog  spread  out  close  to  the  ground.  The  clouds  were 
thick.  The  people  then  had  no  fire.  The  fire  became  small.  All 
the  creeks  were  full.  There  was  water  in  the  valleys.  The 
water  encircled  them. 

"Well,  I  have  finished,"  he  said.  "Yes,"  Nagaitcho  said. 
"Come,  jump  up.  You  must  jump  up  to  another  sky,"  he  told 
him.  "I,  too,  will  do  that."  "At  night  when  every  kind  of 
thing  is  asleep  we  will  do  it,"  he  said. 

Every  day  it  rained,  every  night  it  rained.  All  the  people 
slept.  The  sky  fell.  The  land  was  not.  For  a  very  great  dis 
tance  there  was  no  land.  The  waters  of  the  oceans  came  together. 
Animals  of  all  kinds  drowned.  Where  the  water  went  there 
were  no  trees.  There  was  no  land. 

People  became.  Seal,  sea-lion,  and  grizzly  built  a  dance- 
house.  They  looked  for  a  place  in  vain.  At  Usal  they  built  it 
for  there  the  ground  was  good.  There  are  many  sea-lions  there. 
Whale  became  a  human  woman.  That  is  why  women  are  so  fat. 
There  were  no  grizzlies.  There  were  no  fish.  Blue  lizard  was 
thrown  into  the  water  and  became  sucker.210  Bull-snake  was 
thrown  into  the  water  and  became  black  salmon.  Salamander 
was  thrown  into  the  water  and  became  hook-bill  salmon.  Grass- 
snake  was  thrown  into  the  water  and  became  steel-head  salmon. 
Lizard  was  thrown  into  the  wrater  and  became  trout. 

Trout  cried  for  his  net.  "ckak'e,  ckak'e  (my  net,  my  net)  " 
he  said.  They  offered  him  every  kind  of  thing  in  vain.  It  was 
"my  net"  he  said  when  he  cried.  They  made  a  net  and  put 


216  In  each  case  there  is  a  superficial  resemblance  between  the  land 
animal  and  the  water  animal  into  which  it  is  transformed.  Many  of  these 
were  pointed  out.  They  are  not  mentioned  in  the  myth,  probably  because 
an  Indian  audience  is  supposed  to  have  them  in  mind. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard—Kato  Texts.  187 

him  into  it.    He  stopped  crying.    They  threw  the  net  and  trout 
into  the  water.    He  became  trout. 

"What  will  grow  in  the  water?"  he  asked.  Seaweeds  grew 
in  the  water.  Abalones  and  mussels  grew  in  the  water.  Two 
kinds  of  kelp  grew  in  the  ocean.  Many  different  kinds  grew 
there. 

"What  will  be  salt?"  he  asked.  They  tasted  many  things. 
The  ocean  foam  became  salt.  The  Indians  tried  their  salt.  They 
will  eat  their  food  with  it.  They  will  eat  clover  with  it.  It  was 
good  salt. 

"How  will  the  water  of  this  ocean  behave?  What^will  be  in 
front  of  it?"  he  asked.  "The  water  will  rise  up  in  ridges.  It 
will  settle  back  again.  There  will  be  sand.  On  top  of  the  sand 
it  will  glisten, ' '  he  said.  *  *  Old  kelp  will  float  ashore.  Old  whales 
will  float  ashore. 

"People  will  eat  fish,  big  fish,"  he  said.  "Sea-lions  will  come 
ashore.  They  will  eat  them.  They  will  be  good.  Devil-fish, 
although  they  are  ugly  looking,  will  be  good.  The  people  will 
eat  them.  The  fish  in  the  ocean  will  be  fat.  They  will  be  good. 

"There  will  be  many  different  kinds  in  the  ocean.  There 
will  be  water-panther.217  There  will  be  stone-fish.  He  will 
catch  people.  'Long-tooth-fish,'  gesLcufl,  will  kill  sea-lion.  He 
will  feel  around  in  the  water. 

"Sea-lion  will  have  no  feet.  He  will  have  a  tail.  His  teeth 
will  be  large.  There  will  be  no  trees  in  the  ocean.  The  water 
will  be  powerful  in  the  ocean, ' '  he  said. 

He  placed  redwoods  and  firs  along  the  shore.  At  the  tail  of 
the  earth,  at  the  north,  he  made  them  grow.  He  placed  land  in 
walls  along  in  front  of  the  ocean.  From  the  north  he  put  down 
rocks  here  and  there.  Over  there  the  ocean  beats  against  them. 
Far  to  the  south  he  did  that.  He  stood  up  pines  along  the  way. 
He  placed  yellow  pines.  Far  away  he  placed  them.  He  placed 
mountains  along  in  front  of  the  water.  He  did  not  stop  putting 
them  up  even  way  to  the  south. 

Redwoods  and  various  pines  were  growing.  He  looked  back 
and  saw  them  growing.  The  redwoods  had  become  tall.  He 


217  Evidently  a  mythical  animal.    Compare  XXXI  below. 


188  University  of  California  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

placed  stones  along.  He  made  small  creeks  by  dragging  along 
his  foot.  "Wherever  they  flow  this  water  will  be  good,"218  he 
said.  "They  will  drink  this.  Only  the  ocean  they  will  not 
drink." 

He  made  trees  spring  up.  When  he  looked  behind  himself 
he  saw  they  had  grown.  When  he  came  near  'water-head-place' 
(south)  he  said  to  himself,  "It  is  good  that  they  are  growing 
up." 

He  made  creeks  along.  "This  water  they  will  drink,"  he 
said.  That  is  why  all  drink,  many  different  kinds  of  animals. 
"Because  the  water  is  good,  because  it  is  not  salt  deer,  elk,  pan 
ther,  and  fishers  will  drink  of  it,"  he  said.  He  caused  trees  to 
grow  up  along.  When  he  looked  behind  himself  he  saw  they  had 
grown  up.  "Birds  will  drink,  squirrels  will  drink,"  he  said. 
"Many  different  kinds  will  drink.  I  am  placing  good  water 
along  the  way." 

Many  redwoods  grew  up.  He  placed  water  along  toward  the 
south.  He  kicked  out  springs.  "There  will  be  springs,"  he 
said.  "These  will  belong  to  the  deer,"  he  said  of  the  deer-licks. 

He  took  along  a  dog.  "Drink  this  water,"  he  told  his  dog. 
He,  himself,  drank  of  it.  "All,  many  different  kinds  of  animals 
and  birds,  will  drink  of  it, ' '  he  said. 

Tanbark  oaks  he  made  to  spring  up  along  the  way.  Many 
kinds,  redwoods,  firs,  and  pines  he  caused  to  grow.  He  placed 
water  along.  He  made  creeks  with  his  foot.  To  make  valleys 
for  the  streams  he  placed  the  land  on  edge.  The  mountains 
were  large.  They  had  grown. 

"Let  acorns  grow,"  he  said.  He  looked  back  at  the  ocean, 
and  at  the  trees  and  rocks  he  had  placed  along.  "The  water  is 
good,  they  will  drink  it,"  he  said.  He  placed  redwoods,  firs, 
and  tanbark  oaks  along  the  way.  He  stood  up  land  and  made 
the  mountains.  "They  shall  become  large,"  he  said  of  the  red 
woods. 

He  went  around  the  earth,  dragging  his  foot  to  make  the 
streams  and  placing  redwoods,  firs,  pines,  oaks,  and  chestnut 
trees.  When  he  looked  back  he  saw  the  rocks  had  become  large, 


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and  the  mountains  loomed  up.  He  drank  of  the  water  and 
called  it  good.  "I  have  arranged  it  that  rocks  shall  be  around 
the  water, ' '  he  said.  '  *  Drink, ' '  he  told  his  dog.  ' '  Many  animals 
will  drink  this  good  water."  He  placed  rocks  and  banks.  He 
put  along  the  way  small  white  stones.  He  stood  up  white  and 
black  oaks.  Sugar-pines  and  firs  he  planted  one  in  a  place. 

"I  will  try  the  water,"  he  said.  "Drink,  my  dog."  The 
water  was  good.  He  dragged  along  his  foot,  making  creeks.  He 
placed  the  rocks  along  and  turned  to  look  at  them.  "Drink,  my 
dog,"  he  said.  "I,  too,  will  drink.  Grizzlies,  all  kinds  of  ani 
mals,  and  human  beings  will  drink  the  water  which  I  have 
placed  among  the  rocks."  He  stood  up  the  mountains.  He 
placed  the  trees  along,  the  firs  and  the  oaks.  He  caused  the 
pines  to  grow  up.  He  placed  the  redwoods  one  in  a  place. 

He  threw  salamanders  and  turtles  into  the  creeks.  "Eels 
will  live  in  this  stream,"  he  said.  "Fish  will  come  into  it. 
Hook-bill  and  black  salmon  will  run  up  this  creek.  Last  of  all 
steel-heads  will  swim  in  it.  Crabs,  small  eels,  and  day-eels  will 
come  up." 

"Grizzlies  will  live  in  large  numbers  on  this  mountain.  On 
this  mountain  will  be  many  deer.  The  people  will  eat  them. 
Because  they  have  no  gall  they  may  be  eaten  raw.  Deer  meat 
will  be  very  sweet.  Panthers  will  be  numerous.  There  will  be 
many  jack-rabbits  on  this  mountain,"  he  said. 

He  did  not  like  yellow- jackets.  He  nearly  killed  them.  He 
made  blue-flies  and  wasps. 

His  dog  walked  along  with  him.  ' '  There  will  be  much  water 
in  this  stream,"  he  said.  "This  will  be  a  small  creek  and  the 
fish  will  run  in  it.  The  fish  will  be  good.  There  will  be  many 
suckers  and  trout  in  this  stream." 

"There  will  be  brush  on  this  mountain,"  he  said.  He  made 
manzanita  and  white-thorn  grow  there.  "Here  will  be  a  valley. 
Here  will  be  many  deer.  There  will  be  many  grizzlies  at  this 
place.  Here  a  mountain  will  stand.  Many  rattlesnakes,  bull- 
snakes,  and  water-snakes  will  be  in  this  place.  Here  will  be  good 
land.  It  shall  be  a  valley. ' ' 

He  placed  fir  trees,  yellow-pines,  oaks,  and  redwoods  one  at 
a  place  along  the  way.  He  put  down  small  grizzly  bears.  ' '  The 


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water  will  be  bad.  It  will  be  black  here, ' '  he  said.  ' '  There  will 
be  many  owls  here,  the  barking-owl,  the  screech-owl,  and  the 
little  owl.  There  shall  be  many  blue  jays,  grouse,  and  quails. 
Here  on  this  mountain  will  be  many  wood-rats.  Here  shall  be 
many  varied  robins.  There  shall  be  many  woodcocks,  yellow- 
hammers,  and  sap-suckers.  Here  will  be  many  "mockingbirds" 
and  meadowlarks.  Here  will  be  herons  and  blackbirds.  There 
will  be  many  turtle-doves  and  pigeons.  The  kingfishers  will 
catch  fish.  There  will  be  many  buzzards  and  ravens.  There 
will  be  many  chicken-hawks.  There  will  be  many  robins.  On 
this  high  mountain  there  will  be  many  deer, ' '  he  said. 

"Let  there  be  a  valley  here,7'  he  said.  There  will  be  fir 
trees,  some  small  and  some  large.  Let  the  rain  fall.  Let  it 
snow.  Let  there  be  hail.  Let  the  clouds  come.  When  it  rains 
let  the  streams  increase,  let  the  water  be  high,  let  it  become 
muddy.  When  the  rain  stops  let  the  water  become  good  again, ' ' 
he  said. 

He  came  back.  "Walk  behind  me,  my  dog,"  he  said.  "We 
will  look  at  what  has  taken  place."  Trees  had  grown.  Fish 
were  in  the  streams.  The  rocks  had  become  large.  It  was  good. 

He  traveled  fast.  ' '  Come,  walk  fast,  my  dog, ' '  he  said.  The 
land  had  become  good.  The  valleys  had  become  broad.  All 
kinds  of  trees  and  plants  had  sprung  up.  Springs  had  become 
and  the  water  was  flowing.  "Again  I  will  try  the  water,"  he 
said.  "You,  too,  drink."  Brush  had  sprung  up.  He  traveled 
fast. 

"I  have  made  a  good  earth,  my  dog,"  he  said.  "Walk  fast, 
my  dog."  Acorns  were  on  the  trees.  The  chestnuts  were  ripe. 
The  hazelnuts  were  ripe.  The  manzanita  berries  were  getting 
white.  All  sorts  of  food  had  become  good.  The  buckeyes  were 
good.  The  peppernuts  were  black.  The  bunch  grass  was  ripe. 
The  grass-hoppers  were  growing.  The  clover  was  in  bloom. 
The  bear-clover  was  good.  The  mountains  had  grown.  The 
rocks  had  grown.  All  kinds  that  are  eaten  had  become  good. 
"We  made  it  good,  my  dog,"  he  said.  Fish  for  the  people  to  eat 
had  grown  in  the  streams. 

"We  have  come  to  tosiduii  (south)  now,"  he  said.  All  the 
different  kinds  were  matured.  They  started  back,  he  and  his 


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dog.  '  t  We  will  go  back,  '  '  he  said.  '  '  The  mountains  have  grown 
up  quickly.  The  land  has  become  flat.  The  trout  have  grown. 
Good  water  is  flowing.  Walk  fast.  All  things  have  become  good. 
We  have  made  them  good,  my  dog.  It  is  warm.  The  land  is 
good." 

The  brush  had  grown.  Various  things  had  sprung  up. 
Grizzlies  had  increased  in  numbers.  Birds  had  grown.  The 
water  had  become  good.  The  grass  was  grown.  Many  deer  for 
the  people  to  eat  walked  about.  Many  kinds  of  herbs  had  grown. 
Some  kinds  remained  small. 

Rattlesnakes  had  multiplied.  Water-snakes  had  become 
numerous.  Turtles  had  come  out  of  the  water  and  increased  in 
numbers.  Various  things  had  grown.  The  mountains  had 
grown.  The  valleys  had  become. 

"Come  fast.  I  will  drink  water.  You,  too,  drink,"  he  told 
his  dog.  "Now  we  are  getting  back,  we  are  close  home,  my  dog. 
Look  here,  the  mountains  have  grown.  The  stones  have  grown. 
Brush  has  come  up.  All  kinds  of  animals  are  walking  about. 
All  kinds  of  things  are  grown. 

"We  are  about  to  arrive.  We  are  close  home,  my  dog,"  he 
said.  "I  am  about  to  get  back  north,"  he  said  to  himself.  "I 
am  about  to  get  back  north.  I  am  about  to  get  back  north.  I 
am  about  to  get  back  north,"  he  said  to  himself. 

That  is  all. 


III.—  THE  SECUEING  OF 
(First  Version.} 

Coyote  slept  with  his  head  toward  the  south.  It  was  cold. 
He  slept  with  his  head  toward  the  west.  It  was  cold.  He  slept 
with  his  head  toward  the  north.  It  was  cold.  He  slept  with  his 
head  toward  the  east.  His  head  became  warm.  He  dreamed. 

"I  shall  go  on  a  journey  soon,"  he  told  his  family.  He  set 
out.  "What  will  be  my  dog?"  he  thought.  He  tried  many 
kinds  without  being  satisfied.  He  kicked  a  mole  out  of  the 
ground.  "I  do  not  want  that,"  he  said  to  himself.  He  kicked 
out  some  long-eared  mice.  "These  will  be  my  dogs,"  he  said. 


219  An  account  common  to  many  peoples  in  this  region.  This  is  said 
to  have  happened  at  CeLciyetoduii,  a  Yuki  village,  near  Kibesillah,  on  the 
coast. 


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' '  Come,  go  with  me.  It  is  far.  It  is  dark.  Are  you  hungry  ? 
Shall  I  kill  a  squirrel  for  you  ? ' ' 

"No.    We  do  not  want  squirrels.    We  like  acorns  and  clover. " 

"Come,  travel  along.     Swim  across." 

They  traveled  on. 

"I  am  tired.    I  will  rest.    You  lie  down." 

He  sang  a  song. 

"Come.  We  will  go  on.  It  must  be  only  a  short  way  now. 
Are  your  feet  in  good  condition?" 

They  went  on.  He  did  not  stop  for  meals.  He  only  drank 
water  as  he  traveled. 

"It  must  be  near,  my  dogs." 

Mole  and  lizard  were  burning  a  tree  down.  Coyote  saw 
them  as  he  was  passing. 

"Who  is  that?"  he  asked. 

"Lizard  has  a  fire  built  under  a  tree,"  long-eared  mice  told 
him. 

"We  will  go  around  them.    They  might  see  us." 

"There  stands  a  house.  You  stop  here  and  I  will  give  you 
directions  what  to  do.  You  must  chew  off  the  straps  that  hold 
the  sun  that  I  am  going  to  carry  off.  You  must  leave  the  ones 
I  am  to  carry  it  with.  When  you  are  through,  poke  me  with 
your  noses.  You  lie  here.  After  awhile,  when  it  is  night,  you 
will  come  in  behind  me." 

Coyote  went  into  the  house. 

"I  do  not  want  food,  grandmother.    I  will  sleep." 

"Yes,"  said  the  old  women. 

(The  sun  was  covered  with  a  blanket  and  tied  down  in  the 
middle  of  the  house.) 

"Hand  me  that  blanket,  grandmother." 

"Yes,  take  it." 

Covering  his  head  in  it  he  began  to  sing,  "You  sleep,  you 
sleep,  you  sleep." 

"What  makes  that  noise?    It  never  used  to  be  so." 

"You  sleep,  you  sleep,  you  sleep." 

"I  am  afraid  of  you,  my  grandchild." 

"  Oh,  I  was  dreaming.  I  have  traveled  a  long  way.  I  am 
tired." 


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"You  sleep,  you  sleep,  you  sleep." 

They  slept.  The  long-eared  mice  came  back  and  poked  him 
with  their  noses. 

' '  Well,  I  have  finished, ' '  one  of  them  said. 

"Go  outside,"  he  told  them. 

Coyote  got  up,  took  the  sun,  and  carried  it  out. 

* '  Come  on,  we  will  run  back. ' ' 

Mole  saw  them  and  began  saying,  "He  is  carrying  off  the 
sun."  No  one  heard  him,  his  mouth  was  so  small. 

Lizard  saw  them.  "He  is  carrying  the  sun  off,"  he  called. 
He  took  up  a  stick  and  beat  on  the  house.  Both  the  old  women 
got  up  and  chased  Coyote.  They  kept  following  him. 

"Come,  run  fast,  my  dogs." 

' '  I  am  tired  now. ' ' 

"Yelindun  is  close  by." 

"Black-water-creek  country  is  over  there  where  the  house  is 
standing, ' '  he  told  his  dogs. 

He  carried  his  load  up  Yatcuisaik  'wut. 
•  "We  had  nearly  fixed  it,"  the  women  called  after  him. 

"Yes,  you  had  nearly  fixed  it.    You  were  hiding  it." 

The  women  stopped  there. 

'  *  Turn  into  stones  right  where  you  are  sitting. ' ' 

They  turned  into  stones  right  there.  They  didn't  reply  be 
cause  they  had  become  stones. 

Coyote  carried  the  sun  to  the  top  of  the  ridge  and  followed 
along  its  crest  until  he  came  to  the  house.  He  went  in  and 
looked  around.  No  one  was  at  home.  He  went  out  again  with 
out  anyone  knowing  what  had  happened. 

He  sliced  up  what  he  had  brought.  "This  shall  come  up 
just  before  day,"  he  said  of  the  morning-star.  "This  shall  be 
named  * atcegegutcuk, '  and  shall  rise  afterward,"  he  said  as 
he  cut  off  another.  "Sunlantc  shall  rise,"  he  said  to  still  an 
other.  Then  he  cut  and  cut.  "There  shall  be  many  stars,"  he 
said  as  he  put  the  pieces  in  the  sky.  It  was  all  gone.  Taking 
up  the  piece  he  had  fixed  first  he  said,  ' '  This  sun  shall  come  up 
in  the  east.  It  shall  go  down.  It  shall  go  around  (to  the  north). 
This  one  shall  travel  at  night,"  he  said  of  another  piece.  "It 


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shall  go  around.    The  sun  shall  be  hot.    The  moon  shall  be  cold. ' ' 

"Father,  something  is  above,"  said  the  little  boy. 

"Keep  still,"  Coyote  called  out  to  him.  "They  may  be 
frightened. ' ' 

*  *  Mother,  something  has  grown  out  of  the  sky.    Look  there. ' ' 

"Stop.     Come  in.    Lie  down  again,"  she  told  him. 

"Look,  something,"  he  said. 

The  mother  ran  out.    The  father  lay  still. 

"Say,  mother,  it  is  getting  red." 

"So  it  is.    Yes.    Get  up." 

"Look,  mother." 

"So  it  is.  I  see  a  mountain.  Over  there  is  another.  It  is 
beautiful.  It  is  getting  red.  It  has  become  beautiful." 

"Mother,  something  is  coming  up." 

"Mother,  the  mountain  is  afire." 

"It  is  getting  larger. ' ' 

"It  moves." 

"Mother,  we  can  see." 

"What  is  that  yonder,  father?" 

"It  is  the  sun." 

"It  is  going  down." 

"It  has  gone  into  the  water." 

It  was  like  it  had  been  previously. 

"We  will  go  to  sleep,  my  boys." 

"Wake  up.    Something  is  rising.    Look." 

' '  Father,  what  is  coming  up  ?    Look. ' ' 

"No.    That  is  the  moon." 

"0,  yes,  it  moves." 

"Father,  it  (star)  is  coming  up." 

"Father,  it  is  getting  red  again." 

"Father,  day  is  breaking." 

"It  is  daylight.    The  moon  is  up  there." 

"Father,  it  moves  so  slowly." 

"It  is  going  down,  father." 

' '  Yes,  it  will  go  down.    I  arranged  for  the  moon  to  go  down. ' ' 

Coyote  lay  in  bed  two  days. 


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IV.— THE  SECUKING  OF  LIGHT.220 
(Second  Version.) 

He  (Coyote)  slept  with  his  head  toward  the  west,  the  north, 
the  south,  the  east.  When  he  slept  with  his  head  toward  the 
east  his  forehead  grew  warm. 

"I  dreamed  about  the  sun  in  the  east,"  he  said. 

He  started  away.  Finding  three  field-mice  he  took  them 
with  him  for  dogs.  "My  heart  is  glad  because  I  found  you,  my 
three  dogs,"  he  told  them.  He  took  them  to  the  place  of  the 
sunrise.  "You  must  gnaw  off  the  ropes  and  then  poke  me  with 
your  noses."  Blowing  through  a  hole  in  a  blanket  he  sang  "You 
sleep,  you  sleep." 

He  carried  the  sun  from  the  east.  "It  is  carried  off,"  some 
body  was  heard  to  shout. 

"I  was  fixing  it,"  she  said. 

"You  were  hiding  it.  Both  of  you  become  stones  right 
where  you  are  standing,"  he  told  them. 

He  carried  the  sun  along. 

"Kaldac,  atciguttcuktco,  sunLans,  suttuldac,  goyane,"  he 
said  (naming  them  as  he  cut  them  from  the  mass).  He  sat  down 
and  studied  about  the  matter. 

"Moon,  sun,  fly  into  the  sky.  Stars  become  many  in  it.  In 
the  morning  you  shall  come  up.  You  shall  go  down.  You  shall 
go  around  the  world.221  In  the  east  you  shall  rise  again  in  the 
morning.  You  shall  furnish  light." 

The  boy  went  outside.  "What  is  it,  father?"  he  asked.  The 
woman  went  out.  She  saw  stars  had  sprung  out  of  the  sky. 

All  the  people  made  him  presents  of  all  kinds. 

V.— THE  STEALING  OF  FIEE. 

There  was  no  fire.  An  orphan  boy  was  whipped  and  put  out 
side  of  the  house.  He  cried  there  where  he  was  thrown  out.  He 
looked  and  began  saying,  "Fire  lies  over  there.  I  see  fire." 


220  This  was  the  version  first  obtained.    The  preceding,  more  extended 
account  was  obtained  in  1908. 

221  The  sun  is  believed  to  go  around  the  northern  end  of  the  world  behind 
the  hills. 


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"Who  whipped  that  boy?  Go  and  find  out  what  he  is  say 
ing."222 

One  went  out  and  asked,  "Where  did  you  see  fire?" 

"I  saw  fire  toward  the  north.    Look." 

"Everybody  look.     The  boy  has  found  fire." 

"  So  it  is, ' '  said  the  chief.  ' '  Go  after  fire.  Where  is  Coyote  ? 
Go  after  him.  Where  is  Humming-bird  ?  Get  him. ' ' 

"Humming-bird  has  come.     Coyote  is  coming." 

"Eleven  of  you  go  and  get  fire,"  commanded  the  chief. 

They  set  out.  They  arrived  at  Red  Mountain.  Big  spider 
was  lying  on  the  fire  with  his  arms  clasped  around  it. 

When  they  had  come  there  they  said  to  Coyote,  "Coyote, 
dress  yourself." 

"I  will  dress  myself  behind  a  tree,"  he  said. 

"Yes,"  they  said. 

His  head(  hair)  became  long  and  he  put  on  a  belt. 

* '  Cousin,  look  at  my  hair, ' '  he  said  when  he  came  out. 

"Humming-bird,  come,  you  dress." 

"Yes,  behind  the  tree." 

He  became  blue. 

"I  have  become  red.    Look  at  me,"  Humming-bird  said. 

"Go  on,  build  a  fire,  I  am  going  to  dance,"  one  of  them  told 
Spider. 

"There  is  no  fire,"  Spider  said. 

"Where  is  the  fire  we  saw  just  now?"  they  replied. 

'  *  Everybody  watch  me.  I  will  dance.  Eight  of  you  sing  for 
me,"  he  told  them. 

"Yes,"  they  replied. 

They  all  came  to  the  dancing  place.  Pie  danced.  Then 
Spiders  came  with  the  fire. 

"Pile  up  some  wood,"  the  leader  said. 

"Yes,"  they  replied. 

The  wood  was  piled  up.  Humming-bird  sat  on  top  of  it 
while  Coyote  danced.  Coyote  began  licking  his  shoulders  to 
make  them  laugh.  Spider  held  to  the  fire  and  did  not  laugh. 


222  in  many  cases  the  speaker  is  not  indicated.  Unless  there  are  reasons 
to  believe  otherwise  in  a  particular  case,  the  chief  is  to  be  understood,  espe 
cially  where  orders  are  given. 


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Coyote  and  Humming-bird  had  talked  together.  "When  I  dance, 
you  must  carry  the  fire  outside, ' '  Coyote  said. 

Coyote  danced.  He  kept  licking  himself.  When  he  reached 
his  privates  and  licked  them,  Spider  laughed.  Humming-bird 
seized  the  fire  and  went  out  with  it.  He  built  a  fire.  As  they 
came  back  from  the  north  they  burned  the  mountains  over. 
Everybody  along  the  way  got  some  of  the  fire. 

"Coyote  and  Humming-bird  did  well  to  steal  the  fire,"  the 
chief  commented.  "You  must  set  fires  toward  the  south.  Fire 
will  belong  to  all  the  people. ' ' 

"Yes,  tomorrow  I  will  set  fires." 

"You  must  burn  entirely  around  the  world/'  the  chief  told 
them. 

They  set  fires  along. 

"We  have  burned  around  to  the  middle  of  the  world. 
Everybody  has  fire." 

' '  Now  we  are  getting  nearly  back.  Walk  fast.  We  are  burn 
ing  close  by  now." 

"Yes,  we  are  arriving." 

"We  have  arrived." 

VI.— MAKING  THE  VALLEYS.223 

The  grown  men  and  women  all  moved  to  the  other  side  of 
the  stream  to  hunt  deer.  ' '  You  must  stay  here, ' '  the  chief  told 
the  children.  "We  will  only  be  gone  one  night." 

When  it  was  day  they  did  not  come  back.  It  was  evening;  it 
was  very  dark ;  it  was  morning.  Again  it  was  day.  ' '  I  am  lone 
some,  ' '  each  was  saying.  In  vain  they  built  a  fire.  When  it  was 
evening  they  looked.  During  the  day  they  watched  for  their 
fathers  and  mothers. 

"Come,  let  us  dance,"  said  one  of  them.  "Yes,"  said  the 
boys  and  girls.  "Many  of  you  come  and  we  will  dance,"  he 
said.  Sparrow-hawk  sang.  "Come  here,  my  boys  and  girls," 
he  said.  A  large  number  danced.  "My  mother,  you  haven't 


223  This  myth  was  obtained  a  short  time  after  the  earthquake  of  1906, 
and  was  suggested  by  the  disappearance  as  a  result  of  it  of  a  large  mud- 
spring  in  Eeclemeyer's  pasture,  northwest  of  Laytonville.  Each  move 
ment  and  incident  explains  some  topographical  feature. 


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come.  My  father,  you  haven 't  come  home.  We  will  dance  many 
days/' 

Sparrow-hawk  put  feathers  in  his  hair.  They  danced  day 
and  night.  "We  will  take  the  dance  west,"  said  the  leader. 
They  danced  at  Rancheria  flat.  They  circled  in  the  water  at  Mud 
Springs.  They  stamped  the  water  out.  They  took  the  dance 
down  the  hill.  They  danced  on  the  drifting  sand.  They  circled 
around.  They  took  the  dance  north  to  the  mouth  of  Ten  mile 
creek  and  then  to  the  other  side  of  the  river.  They  brought  the 
dance  back  from  the  north.  They  made  a  level  place  with  their 
feet.  They  went  south  through  Long  valley  with  the  dance. 

The  old  people  heard  the  sound  of  the  dance.  "My  children 
have  been  dancing,"  the  chief  said.  "You  did  not  go  home  to 
them. ' '  They  came  home  and  found  the  ground  was  now  flat  and 
that  valleys  had  become.  They  heard  the  noise  of  talking  to 
the  south.  They  afterwards  heard  it  to  the  east.  It  grew  faint 
and  ceased.  They  heard  the  voices  again  as  the  children  went 
way  around  to  the  north.  The  sounds  they  heard  were  faint. 
They  heard  them  for  some  time  and  then  they  ceased  again. 
Far  north  the  voices  came  again.  A  long  time  they  heard  the 
noise  coming  from  Round  Valley.  When  Little  Lake  Valley 
was  becoming  flat  and  large,  they  danced  a  long  time. 

Far  south  the  sound  vanished.  They  went  way  to  the  south. 
They  heard  it  faintly  again  coming  back  from  the  south.  As 
they  came  back  into  the  world  the  sound  grew.  When  they  were 
in  the  middle  of  the  world  the  noise  became  greater.  They  were 
bringing  back  the  dance.  From  the  south  they  were  taking  it 
way  around  to  the  north.  They  brought  it  back  from  Neutcidufi . 

Some  were  becoming  grown.  Some  became  deer.  Their  legs 
became  small.  Others  ran  away  into  the  brush  and  became 
grizzlies.  They  were  coming  near.  They  went  in  among  the 
mountains.  They  were  very  close  as  they  came  from  the  north. 
They  went  into  the  mountains  to  the  east.  They  went  into  the 
mountains  to  the  south.  South  along  Rock  creek  they  went  in. 
The  noise  was  gone. 

That  is  all. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  199 


VII.— THE  PLACING  OF  THE  ANIMALS. 

Two  boys  went  away. 

An  old  man  carried  some  ropes.  There  was  a  fire  there.  ' '  Set 
snares,"  he  told  his  young  men.  "Let  there  be  two  in  a  place. 
Set  up  two  sticks — four  all  together. ' '  They  went  away  and  set 
the  snares  in  the  brush.  One  was  caught.  Again  they  drove  one 
in,  and  it  was  caught.  He  put  brush  on  one  of  the  boys  and 
looked  away  to  the  south.  Then  he  put  brush  on  the  other  one. 
"Quick,  take  the  brush  off,"  he  said.  "Again,  take  the  brush 
off  the  other  one."  When  they  took  the  brush  off,  one  had  be 
come  a  spike  buck  and  the  other  a  fawn. 

"Where  did  he  go  that  he  hasn't  come  back?"  the  father 
of  one  of  the  boys  asked.  "Where  did  he  go  that  he  hasn't 
come  back?"  asked  the  other  father.  "They  went  north,"  some 
one  said.  "Well,  I  will  look  for  the  tracks,"  said  one  father. 
He  did  not  find  tracks.  "Well,  I,  too,  will  look  for  tracks,"  said 
the  other  father.  "There  were  none,"  he  reported.  "I  did  not 
find  human  tracks,  but  I  saw  grizzly  tracks. ' ' 

The  old  man  butchered  the  deer.  "You  did  well  with  deer, 
my  boys,"  he  told  his  sons.  There  was  a  fire  there.  He  gave 
pieces  of  the  meat  to  the  boys.  They  roasted  the  stomach  and  the 
liver  for  him.  "Let  us  try  it.  It  smells  good,"  he  said.  He 
bit  into  it.  He  chewed  and  swallowed  it.  "It  is  good, ' '  he  said, 
"put  it  in  your  mouth."  "Well,  I  will  try  it,"  he  said. 

"I  will  try  it,"  said  the  adolescent  girl.  "I,  too,  will  try 
it.224  She  was  sitting  up  there.  "  It  is  good, ' '  she  said.  ' '  I  will 
try  it  raw."  Another  adolescent  girl  said,  "I  will  try  it."  The 
old  woman  said,  "I,  too,  will  try  it."  "I  will  try  the  head  of 
the  deer,  I  will  try  the  stomach,"  said  the  old  man.  "I  will 
break  the  bones  for  the  marrow.  I  will  taste  the  ears.  I  will 
pound  the  feet.  I  will  put  the  tongue  in  the  fire  to  roast.  I  will 
stretch  the  hides.  The  two  hides  are  good.  They  will  be  my 
blanket." 

"Pound  acorns  and  soak  the  meal,"  he  told  the  women, 
"that  we  may  eat  mush. "  " Give  the  bones  to  the  dog.  Let  him 


224  This  was  strictly  against  the  customs  of  this  region.     Such  girls 
were  not  allowed  to  speak  of  deer  or  meat,  much  less  eat  it. 


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chew  them. ' '  She  put  them  down.  The  dog  ate  the  deer  bones. 
"Where  is  the  mush  to  be  eaten  with  it?"  he  asked.  "Give  it 
to  them."  "We  will  drive  deer  for  him,"  he  said.  "Come, 
carry  arrows.  Put  a  knife  in  a  sack  and  carry  it.  Take  the  two 
fire-sticks,  so  you  can  build  a  fire  when  the  deer  is  shot  and  be 
ready  for  butchering. ' ' 

A  deer  was  shot.  Again  one  was  shot.  "Take  the  dog  to 
catch  the  deer.  Butcher  it.  Carry  it  to  the  house.  The  women 
will  eat  it.  Cook  it.  Go  to  sleep.  You  will  stay  at  home  tomor 
row,"  said  the  chief.  "Sit  down,  girls.  All  go  and  bathe. 
Tomorrow  you  will  go  to  Black  rock.  You  will  make  arrow 
heads." 

"You  may  eat  clover.  You  may  eat  ground-squirrels.  You 
may  kill  and  eat  many  jack-rabbits.  You  may  bring  bear-clover. 
You  may  bring  angelica  shoots.  From  the  north  you  may  bring 
bulbs.  You  may  kill  grouse.  You  may  bring  their  eggs.  You 
may  bring  quail  eggs.  You  may  kill  many  wood-rats." 

The  old  man  threw  bones  of  the  deer  to  the  east.  He  threw 
them  to  the  north.  He  threw  them  to  the  south.  He  threw  them 
toward  the  coast.  '  *  Grizzlies  will  be  to  the  east, ' '  he  said.  ' '  Pan 
thers  will  be  to  the  east.  Wildcats  will  be  to  the  east.  Grizzlies 
will  be  to  the  south.  Panthers  will  be  to  the  south.  Wildcats 
will  be  to  the  south.  Panthers  will  be  near  the  coast.  Grizzlies 
will  be  near  the  coast.  Wildcats  will  be  near  the  coast." 

Fishers  became  in  the  east.  Foxes  became  in  the  east.  Rac 
coons  became  in  the  east.  Coyotes  became  in  the  east.  Skunks 
became  in  the  east.  Otters  became  in  the  east.  Minks  became 
in  the  east.  Black  bears  became  in  the  east.  Rattlesnakes 
became  in  the  east.  Bullsnakes  became  in  the  east.  Water- 
snakes  became  in  the  east.  Adders  became  in  the  east.  Lizards 
became  in  the  east.  Frogs  became  in  the  east.  Salamanders 
became  in  the  east.  Eels,  day  eels,  and  suckers  became  in  the 
east.  Trout,  hook-bill  salmon,  and  black  salmon  became  in  the 
east.  Spring  salmon  became  in  the  east. 

"Get  some  stones,"  he  said.  "Pound  the  bones.  They  are 
good.  Pound  the  backbone.  Pound  the  knee.  Pound  the  other 
knee.  Pound  the  foot.  Pound  the  hand.  All  the  time  you  must 
pound  the  bones.  You  must  not  waste  them.  Deer  bones  are 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  201 

good.  Clean  out  the  stomach.  Braid  the  small  intestines.  Do 
it  well.  Take  away  the  horns  and  hide  them  in  the  brush.  Deer 
tallow  is  good. 

"Kill  deer  all  the  time.  Feather  arrows.  Make  knives. 
Scrape  bows.  Make  sacks.  Weave  head-nets.  Make  basket- 
pots.  Peck  pestles.  Weave  mill-baskets.  Weave  basket-pans. 
Weave  the  small  basket-pans.  Weave  the  large  basket-pots. 
Weave  the  small  basket-pots.  Weave  the  basket-dipper  and  the 
seed-beaters.  Make  the  basket-cradle  for  the  small  children. 

"The  deer  when  blue  shall  shed  their  horns.  In  mid-winter 
they  will  fall  off." 

They  gathered  up  the  deer.  They  made  the  meat  into  bun 
dles.  They  carried  it  away.  Two  of  them  brought  it  home. 
They  roasted  it.  Men,  women,  and  children  ate  it.  They 
stretched  the  hides.  They  twisted  many  ropes. 

A  deer  was  shot.  It  ran  away  crippled.  They  shouted. 
They  tracked  it.  Its  horns  were  large.  The  dog  smelled  it.  He 
caught  it. 

That  is  all. 

VIJL— THE  SUPERNATUEAL  CHILD.225 

The  baby  cried  night  and  day.  All  day  long  it  kept  crying. 
They  carried  it  in  their  arms.  "What  is  the  matter  with  it?" 
they  asked.  "Take  it  again,"  she  said.  They  bathed  it.  They 
looked  it  all  over.  They  looked  at  the  palms  of  its  hands,  at  its 
feet,  on  its  head,  and  in  its  ears. 

"I  am  sleepy,"  said  its  mother,  "y°u  take  the  baby.  It 
does  not  seem  like  a  child.  You  hold  it.  I  am  sleepy.  I  have 
not  slept  a  single  night.  You  examine  my  baby.  Something  is 
wrong  with  it.  It  is  some  kind  of  a  child.  Maybe  something  is 
broken.  Something  may  have  stung  it.  You  carry  it.  I  do 


225  This  is  said  to  be  a  "  Wailaki ' '  story,  probably  meaning  that  it  be 
longed  to  the  people  north  of  Kato,  not  those  on  main  Eel  river.  When 
first  told  and  a  year  afterward  Bill  insisted  that  it  was  not  a  story,  but 
that  it  really  happened  not  very  long  ago.  Nevertheless  he  volunteered 
the  information  that  the  boy  became  the  one  who  makes  a  noise  in 
winter  like  thunder.  Evidently  he  is  the  establisher  of  fishing  places  if 
not  the  creator  of  fish.  Babies  were  so  exposed  if  they  gave  appearance 
of  not  being  normal  or  truly  human. 


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not  know  what  ails  it.  Doctor  it.  I  have  stayed  awake  many 
nights  on  its  account.  It  is  some  kind  of  a  child.  It  is  not  a 
human  baby.  I  have  not  slept  a  single  night.  Make  it  nurse. 
I  will  sleep.  Bathe  it.  It  cries  because  something  is  wrong,  I 
guess.  You  carry  it  around. " 

"I  am  sick  now.  Move  north.  Hang  up  the  baby,  basket 
and  all." 

"Yes,  I  will  hang  it  up."    "You  may  cry  here." 

They  moved  north.  *  *  Go  back  and  look  at  the  baby.  I  guess 
it  is  dead.  We  will  bury  it,"  said  the  mother.  Her  husband 
went  back  to  the  child.  It  had  crawled  out  of  the  basket  and  had 
been  playing  about.  It  had  played  in  the  spring.  It  had  cut 
some  grass,  spread  it  down  in  the  water  and  had  sat  on  it.  It 
had  gone  away.  It  had  made  a  weir  in  a  small  stream.  It  had 
put  pine  cones  in  the  water  for  fish.  It  had  made  two  net  poles 
and  woven  a  net  of  grass. 

He  had  gone  out.  He  set  ropes  for  snares  and  built  a  fence 
of  brush  leading  to  them.  He  had  gone  on  to  the  north.  He 
had  built  a  fire.  He  had  built  a  weir.  Again  he  had  built  a 
fire.  His  small  foot  had  become  large.  He  had  gone  down 
where  the  streams  are  large.  He  had  built  a  weir.  He  had  set 
up  a  pole  and  put  on  a  net.  He  had  lain  with  his  head  down 
hill.  His  foot  had  become  large.  He  had  gone  on  toward  the 
north.  He  had  put  down  short  sticks,  which  turned  into  fish. 
He  had  made  a  net  of  iris  fiber. 

Having  feathered  arrows  he  had  left  them  there.  In  the 
road  where  he  had  walked  he  had  left  a  bow.  He  had  gone  on. 
He  had  put  down  a  knife.  Where  he  had  walked  he  had  stood 
up  fire  sticks  in  the  ground. 

' '  Now  I  know  my  baby  has  gone  north.  You  must  catch  him 
for  me,"  she  said. 

"We  did  not  see  him,"  they  replied. 

"You  must  track  him,"  she  insisted. 

"We  are  tired.  We  tracked  him  over  much  country,"  they 
said. 

"You  must  bring  him  back,"  she  said. 

"We  did  not  see  your  baby." 

"What  is  the  matter?" 


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"Nothing.  She  cries  all  night.  Ten  nights  she  has  cried  for 
her  baby."  "The  baby  was  very  white.  It  was  not  my  child. 
It  was  some  kind  of  a  baby, ' '  she  said.  * l  Do  not  cry, ' '  they  told 
her,  "it  was  some  kind  of  a  child."  " I  love  my  baby.  It  would 
not  stop.  It  nearly  killed  us  with  its  crying.  We  did  not  sleep. 
We  stayed  awake  with  it  many  nights." 

"It  is  some  kind  of  a  child.  Do  not  cry  for  it,  my  wife," 
said  the  father. 

"I  will  not  cry,"  she  said. 

He  had  built  a  small  fire.  He  had  put  down  short  sticks. 
He  had  made  long  eel-pots  and  fastened  them  by  the  bottom.  He 
had  caught  the  pine-cones  which  he  had  put  in  the  water  and 
called  fish.  He  had  made  strings  for  the  net  of  iris.  The  rope 
that  passes  around  the  net  he  made  by  twisting.  He  went  on 
toward  the  north.  In  Eel  river  he  had  made  a  weir. 

"I  hung  my  baby  up  in  a  tree  because  it  cried  so  many 
nights, ' '  the  mother  said.  '  *  You  must  track  him, ' '  they  said.  *  *  I 
will  leave.  I  will  go  back  because  I  am  tired.  When  you  come 
back  you  must  bring  it  with  you.  After  you  have  tracked  him 
far  you  may  let  him  go."  He  came  back.  "Because  I  had 
gone  far  I  gave  him  up,"  he  said.  "It  is  enough;  we  will  let 
him  go.  We  will  go  back  to  the  house.  I  am  tired  and  thirsty. 
I  am  tired  because  I  went  so  far.  I  will  sleep. ' ' 

He  had  gone  down  to  a  stream.  He  had  built  a  weir  and  put 
in  a  net.  He  had  built  a  fire.  He  had  gone  on  toward  the  north. 
Far  to  the  north  he  crossed  a  large  creek.  He  did  not  build  a 
weir.  He  carried  his  canoe  north.  He  stole  it.  He  wrent  away 
to  the  north.  His  track  was  not  found.  They  looked  for  it  in 
vain.  They  did  not  find  his  tracks.  "He  must  have  climbed 
up  somewhere, ' '  they  said.  ' '  You  go  north  through  the  water, ' ' 
they  told  otter.  "You  go  north,"  they  told  mink.  "You  swim 
north,"  they  told  white  duck.  "You  must  find  him." 

"No,  I  swam  far  in  vain,"  he  reported. 

"Build  a  signal  fire  for  him,"  he  said.  "He  must  be  some 
where.  ' ' 

Far  away  to  the  north  he  was  seen.  "Far  to  the  north  the 
child  was  walking  in  the  evening,"  said  a  person  who  came 
from  there.  He  had  taken  his  canoe  from  the  water  and  had 


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built  a  fire  in  it.  He  had  gone  north.  He  had  burned  the 
ground  over. 

"Who  is  burning  the  ground  over?"  they  asked.  "A  boy  is 
walking  north  carrying  bow  and  arrows,"  he  said.  "We  did  not 
know  him.  He  was  a  stranger.  We  did  not  speak  to  him. ' ' 

He  had  walked  far  to  the  north.  He  had  come  down  to  a 
large  river.  He  had  built  a  weir.  He  had  made  a  small  fire 
there.  He  had  put  down  two  small  sticks.  When  they  had 
turned  to  suckers  he  had  caught  them  in  a  net  and  eaten  them. 
The  heads  lay  in  the  fire.  He  had  gone  further  north.  He  had 
come  down  to  a  stream  where  he  had  built  a  weir.  He  had  fished 
with  a  net  and  caught  a  salmon.  Its  head  lay  before  the  fire. 
He  had  gone  on  toward  the  north.  He  had  come  4own  to  a 
stream.  He  had  built  there  a  weir.  When  he  had  made  a  pole 
for  the  net  he  had  put  it  into  the  net  and  caught  a  black  salmon. 
There  lay  before  the  fire  a  large  black  salmon's  head.  He  had 
caught  eels  in  a  net.  They  lay  before  the  fire.  He  had  caught 
two  day-eels.  They  lay  in  the  net  before  the  fire. 

Those  following  were  near  him  now.    They  saw.  his  tracks. 

Two  persons  gathering  acorns  saw  him.  "Who  is  that  man 
walking  from  the  south?  Speak  to  him."  "Yes,  I  will  speak 
to  him."  "Where  are  you  going?  They  say  you  ran  off  from 
way  south  of  here.  Where  are  you  going?  Go  back  to  your 
mother." 

1 '  I  will  not  go  back.  My  mother  is  in  the  north.  I  am  going 
to  my  mother.  I  have  traveled  far." 

"Your  father  cries  for  you.     Go  back." 

"No,  my  father  is  not  in  the  south.    My  father  is  north." 

"When  are  you  going  back?" 

* '  I  am  not  going  back.  I  shall  not  stay  there.  This  northern 
country  is  mine.  Here  in  the  north  is  much  land  that  is  my 
mother's.  Why  did  she  leave  me?  I  did  not  like  to  be  alone. 
I  went  north.  I  will  make  the  fish  come.  They  must  come  from 
the  north.  Black  salmon  shall  come  from  the  north.  Hook- 
bills  will  come  from  the  north.  Spring  salmon  will  come  from 
the  north.  Suckers  will  come  from  the  north.  Eels  will  come. 
Trout  will  come  from  the  north.  Turtles  will  walk  from  the 
north.  Crabs  will  crawl  from  the  north. 


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"The  water  of  the  creeks  will  dry  up  in  the  summer-time. 
The  water  of  springs  will  be  cold.  The  water  of  large  rivers 
will  be  warm.  The  water  shall  not  entirely  vanish.  It  shall 
stand  in  some  places.  Short  riffles  shall  still  flow. ' ' 

Far  to  the  north  the  water  falls.  Under  the  vertical  rocks 
there  is  mist. 

It  is  cold.  It  will  rain.  The  fish  will  come.  The  water  rises. 
Winter-time  when  fall  has  come,  after  the  month  of  buckeyes- 
white,  of  salmon-eye,  of  long  moon,  of  entrance-slippery,  of 
brush-red  (tunLtuk),  of  grass-brown,  long  after  it  was  spring, 
in  the  middle  of  summer,  when  the  ground  had  been  burned  he 
came.  Under  the  great  water-fall  two  women  saw  him  go  in 
amidst  the  foam  where  no  one  is  able  to  enter. 

That  is  all. 

IX.— YELLOW-HAMMER'S  DEEDS.226 

The  moon  trained  the  initiates  in  a  dance-house.  Robin, 
mountain-robin,  bluejay,  raven,  chicken-hawk,  owl,  humming 
bird,  mountain-quail,  valley-quail,  grouse,  sparrow-hawk,  ground- 
squirrel,  grey-squirrel,  red  squirrel,  heron,  kingfisher,  crane, 
duck,  otter,  mink,  fox,  and  many  others  were  being  trained. 
Among  these  were  grosbeak,  thrasher,  red-winged  blackbird, 
meadow-lark,  sandpiper,  gopher,  mole,  scoter,  seagull,  pelican, 
woodcock,  woodpecker,  another  woodpecker,  duck,  goose,  blue- 
fronted  bluejay,  white  owl,  mud-hen,  western  bluebird,  russet- 
backed  thrush,  buzzard,  condor,  long-billed  curlew,  wren,  chip 
munk,  wood-rat,  polecat,  raccoon,  skunk,  and  flying-squirrel. 

The  moon  used  to  sew  up  the  mouths  of  the  initiates  that 
they  might  not  break  the  taboos;  he  would  then'go  away  to  hunt, 
leaving  them  by  themselves.  He  would  bring  home  several  deer 
whole,  in  his  sack. 

"My  little  ones,  that  very  bad  moon  who  sews  up  people's 
mouths  is  coming  back.  I  am  going  to  throw  at  him  with  my 
sling,"  said  an  unknown  benefactor.  Already  he  had  unfas- 


226  This  is  said  to  have  happened  at  Kibesillah,  on  the  coast,  where 
there  are  evidences  of  a  large  village.  It  was  the  custom  to  bring  to 
gether  many  boys  and  girls  in  a  regular  dance-house,  or  in  one  especially 
built,  and  have  some  old  person  tell  them  many  stories  and  myths.  Certain 
taboos  were  enforced. 


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tened  some  of  their  mouths.  He  had  undone  half  of  them  when 
it  was  night.  "Moon  is  coming,  my  little  ones.  Now  I  will 
throw  at  him  with  my  sling." 

He  had  a  sack  filled  with  deer.  As  Moon  was  coming  through 
the  entrance-way  from  the  west  he  threw  some  white  gravel 
stones  at  him.  Water  burst  out  of  him  as  he  fell.  Raven  tore 
his  mouth  open.  "Well,  do  it.  I  am  dying  from  thirst  and 
hunger."  "You  did  the  right  thing  to  him." 

He  undid  their  mouths.  He  undid  them  all.  "Make  them 
bring  in  water.  Have  the  people  he  has  nearly  killed  drink 
much  water,"  he  directed.  "Undo  yellow-hammer's  mouth  who 
sits  there  so  patiently,"  he  told  someone.  "I  undid  his  mouth 
long  ago."  "He  nearly  killed  us.  All  night  I  will  keep  on 
undoing  your  mouths.  The  night  is  long,  it  will  soon  be  day  and 
I  am  undoing  them  yet.  Cook  food  for  the  people.  They  are 
hungry.  It  was  a  good  thing  I  did  to  him.  I  have  undone  your 
mouths.  When  you  were  all  afraid,  I  killed  him.  Butcher  the 
deer  for  the  people  to  eat.  All  of  you  pound  acorns  and  prepare 
mush  that  the  people  may  have  a  meal.  Some  of  you  go  for 
mussels.  Some  of  you  cook  food." 

Pelican  went.  Humming-bird  went  with  his  slender  mouth. 
Sandpiper  also  went  with  his  slender  mouth.  They  all  flew  away 
in  pairs.  Humming-bird,  bluejay,  grouse,  duck,  scoter,  seagull, 
wren,  robin,  wood-cock,  chicken-hawk,  mocking-bird,  kingfisher, 
sandpiper,  blackbird,  owl,  barn-owl,  varied  robin,  flew  to  the 
north.  To  the  east  flew  grouse,  thrasher,  sparrow-hawk,  russet- 
back  thrush,  junco,  yellow-hammer,  bluejay,  heron,  blackbird, 
bluejay,  curlew,  and  one  of  the  owls.  To  the  east  also  went  frog, 
salamander,  lizard,  water-snake,  bull-snake,  grass-snake,  rattle 
snake,  long  lizard. 

To  the  south  went  milk-snake,  eel,  day-eel,  trout,  sucker, 
black  salmon,  hook-bill  salmon,  spring  salmon,  "red  fish,"  "blue 
fish,"  devil-fish,  and  abalone. 

All  the  various  kinds  went  north.  All  the  various  kinds  went 
east.  All  the  various  kinds  wTent  south.  All  the  various  kinds 
went  west. 

Yellow-hammer  was  lying  in  the  eastern  side  of  the  dance- 
house  alone.  Two  women  said  to  him,  "Well,  come  with  us  to  the 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  207 

beach."  "Yes,  I  will/'  he  replied.  "Go  on/'  he  told  the  two 
children.  The  women  dug  mussels  near  the  sandy  beach.  There 
was  a  small  fire  there.  The  women  brought  up  the  mussels  and 
poured  them  down  by  the  fire.  When  the  mussels  were  opened 
they  said,  "Well,  eat  them." 

When  they  had  finished  the  women  said  to  him,  ' '  Come,  let  us 
go  home."  "Yes,"  he  said.  The  two  women  and  the  two  chil 
dren  went  up  toward  their  home.  The  women  looked  back  from 
a  bank  of  earth  and  saw  him  go  down  to  the  water  and  take  a 
small  canoe  out  from  somewhere.  Into  this  canoe  he  led  long- 
eared  mouse,  his  grandmother.  He  poured  into  it  a  quantity  of 
soil  that  they  might  have  a  fire  in  the  canoe. 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  sang  Yellow-hammer. 

"Be  on  your  guard,  keep  away  from  the  disturbed  water  and 
the  shoals  of  fish, ' '  cautioned  his  grandmother. 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang.  Now  fog 
gathered  as  he  drove  the  canoe  through  the  water.  "Tancowe, 
tancowe,  tancowe,  *tcin'  "  he  sang.  "Tancowe,  tancowe,  tan 
cowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang. 

"Be  on  your  guard  against  the  disturbed  water,"  said  the 
grandmother.  He  went  on  far  toward  the  west. 

"Tancowre,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang. 

The  little  boat  went  fast.  Soon  they  were  in  the  middle  of 
the  ocean. 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang.  It  rained. 
The  feather  he  had  put  in  his  hair  was  nearly  gone.  It  was 
swollen  with  the  dampness.  There  were  water  drops  in  the  fog 
now.  He  went  on.  He  did  not  give  out  but  drove  the  boat 
along. 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang. 

"Be  on  your  guard,  my  grandchild,  take  the  boat  along," 
said  the  grandmother. 

"Build  the  fire  again,  my  grandmother,  it  is  going  to  rain," 
said  Yellow-hammer. 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang.  They  were 
wet. 

"Take  the  boat  along  carefully,  my  grandchild,  keep  away 
from  the  shoals  of  fish, ' '  cautioned  the  grandmother. 


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"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang.  It  was  even 
ing.  He  took  the  boat  along  through  the  darkness.  "Tancowe, 
tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcm'  "  he  sang.  Only  the  backbone  of  the 
feather  in  his  hair  was  left.  Now  he  heard  the  breakers.  "We 
are  near,  my  grandmother, ' '  he  said. 

"Paddle  fast,  my  grandchild,"  said  the  old  woman. 

He  tried  to  beach  the  boat.  It  floated  back  and  forth  for  a 
long  time.  "The  water  is  rough,  my  grandmother,  the  water 
is  rough,  my  grandmother,"  he  said.  He  drove  it  ashore.  He 
ran  over  the  moulding  acorns  on  the  beach.  He  caught  the  boat 
and  dragged  it  out  with  his  grandmother  in  it.  He  stood  the 
boat  on  end. 

"Build  a  fire  for  me,  my  grandchild,  I  am  cold,"  said  the 
old  woman. 

"Put  just  one  acorn  in  the  fire,"  he  told  his  grandmother. 
"I  am  going,"  he  told  her. 

"Yonder  is  someone  walking  along,  my  father."  "It  must 
be  my  son-in-law  from  CeLciyetoduil.  No  one  has  sung  for  him. 
I  will  look  at  my  son-in-law. "  He  died.  "Well  this  time  I  must 
have  died,  I  who  bragged  that  I  have  seen  all  sorts  of  things." 
Yellow-hammer  doctored  him  with  a  feather.  When  he  went 
into  the  house  his  mother-in-law  also  died.  He  doctored  her  in 
the  same  manner.  "I  must  have  died,"  she  said. 

The  two  wives  got  up  and  took  out  of  the  ashes  the  roasted 
front  third  of  a  whale.  "Come  and  eat,"  they  said  to  him. 

"My  daughters,  take  my  son-in-law  along  with  you.  Yester 
day  the  fish  were  running.  The  fish  were  so  big  the  sand  stood 
in  ridges.  When  he  spears  it  he  must  give  the  fish-spear  back 
to  you.  Let  him  bring  it  out  of  the  water  alone.  You  women 
build  a  fire,"  the  father  told  them. 

"It  is  going  to  swim  down,"  said  Yellow-hammer.  "No," 
they  said,  "that  is  not  a  fish.  That  is  our  father."  They  beat 
his  (their  father's)  head  with  a  firebrand.  "That  one  is  a  fish 
that  is  swimming  along.  Spear  it.  You  must  give  us  the  fish- 
spear.  ' '  He  speared  it.  He  gave  the  women  the  spear.  He  took 
it  out  of  the  water.  He  beat  its  head.  "Well,  we  will  go  home," 
he  said.  They  put  their  hands  in  its  mouth  and  picked  it  up. 
They  brought  it  into  the  further  house  of  the  village. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  209 

"You  must  have  made  a  mistake,  my  son-in-law,  that  is  a 
pin-trout.227  I  will  cook  its  head."  He  took  it  down  to  the 
water.  He  washed  it  and  took  it  out  of  the  water.  He  buried  it 
in  the  ashes.  He  took  it  out  of  the  ashes.  He  split  the  head 
open  and  placed  it  before  him.  Yellow-hammer  attacked  it  in 
every  way  in  vain.  The  women  split  it  up.  He  ate  from  it. 

"Go  after  acorns,  my  daughters.  Take  my  son-in-law  along. 
Let  him  knock  them  off  alone.  Let  him  crack  them  ( ? ) .  Let 
him  throw  down  two  of  them.  You  must  carry  them, ' '  said  the 
old  man. 

He  climbed  the  tree  with  a  stick.  He  struck  over  their  heads. 
The  women  shouted.  "Why  do  you  beat  our  heads?  We  look 
like  acorns."  He  came  down  from  the  tree.  He  threw  down 
two  acorns.  He  put  one  of  them  in  a  burden-basket.  It  was  full. 
He  put  the  other  in  another  burden-basket.  That  was  full.  The 
women  carried  them.  They  brought  them  into  the  house.  ' '  What 
is  the  matter?"  he  asked.  "Nothing.  He  had  taken  a  stick  up 
the  tree  without  our  knowing  it."  "You  ought  to  have  told 
him." 

Someone  came  from  the  south.  "My  son-in-law  has  come." 
"You  must  bring  him  soon.  When  it  is  evening  let  him  dance. 
We  will  watch  him,"  said  the  new-comer.  "Yes,  we  will  come 
soon,"  said  the  old  man.  Yellow-hammer  came.  They  all  went 
out  to  the  dance-house  and  watched  him.  They  all  died.  He 
took  the  feather  out  of  his  hair  and  waved  it  over  them.  Every 
one  of  them  got  up. 

* '  Come,  you  dance,  so  my  son-in-law  may  watch  you. "  "  We 
danced  long  ago.  Let  him  dance."  They  danced.  The  dance 
was  finished.  "Well,  you  dance,  Yellow-hammer,"  they  said. 
"Yes,  I  will  dance,"  he  said.  He  danced.  The  ocean  came  along 
here.  He  danced.  The  ocean  came  into  the  entrance-way.  "It 
never  did  that  before.  I  am  afraid  of  the  ocean.  I  am  afraid 
of  the  ocean."  He  kept  on  dancing.  The  ocean  came  in.  The 
people  floated  about  in  the  house.  It  was  full  of  water.  Yellow- 


227  in  this  behind  the  ocean  world  the  proportions  of  things  are 
changed.  The  whale  is  the  ordinary  fish,  the  pin-trout  is  a  huge  thing. 
The  acorns  are  very  large.  It  is  not  clear  why  Yellow-hammer  mistakes 
his  father-in-law  for  a  fish  in  the  first  instance  and  his  wives'  heads  for 
acorns  in  the  second. 


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hammer  flew  against  the  center  post.  "Tcin,"  he  said  as  he 
clung  to  it.  When  he  had  caught  it  the  ocean  went  away  again. 

''It  is  certain  you  are  brave,  my  son-in-law." 

"Take  him  home."    They  took  him  home. 

When  they  had  brought  him  into  the  house  he  told  them  he 
was  going  home  the  next  day.  "I  will  go  with  you  tomorrow," 
said  one  of  the  women.  '  *  I,  too,  will  go  with  you, ' '  said  the  other 
woman.  In  the  morning  he  started  back. 

Some  distance  away  long-eared  mouse  had  put  an  acorn  in 
the  fire.  The  fire  had  gone  out.  "I  told  you  to  put  only  one 
acorn  shell  in  the  fire,"  he  said.  "I  am  going  home,  my  grand 
mother."  "Yes,  we  will  go  back,"  she  said.  Long-eared  mouse 
had  stolen  acorns,  tarweed  seeds,  grass  seeds,  flowers,  black  oak 
acorns,  white  oak  acorns,  sweet  oak  acorns,  buckeyes,  chestnuts, 
sugar-pine  nuts,  wild  cherries,  and  hazelnuts.228 

* '  I  will  put  the  canoe  back  in  the  water, ' '  he  said.  He  pushed 
it  in.  "Well,  sit  in  it,  my  wife.  You,  too,  sit  in  it.  It  is  far. 
It  is  raining.  The  canoe  goes  back  fast. ' ' 

"Tancowe,  tancowe,  tancowe,  'tcin'  "  he  sang.    Fog  came  up. 

1 '  Paddle  it  back  quickly  from  the  west,  my  grandchild, ' '  said 
long-eared  mouse. 

At  the  middle  of  the  ocean  one  of  the  women  was  gone.  He 
looked  back.  She  was  not  there.  The  other  woman  was  sitting 
in  the  boat.  "It  is  a  long  way.  Where  is  your  sister ?"  he  asked 
her. 

"One  woman  is  not  here.  She  went  home.  We  are  fog 
women,"  she  replied. 

It  rained  at  the  middle  of  the  ocean.  When  they  reached 
the  shore  the  other  woman  had  gone  back.  He  went  up  out  of 
the  water.  He  caught  the  canoe  and  drew  it  out  of  the  water. 

"Come  out  quickly,  my  grandmother,  and  sit  here.  I  will 
go  back  alone,"  he  said.  "I  will  see  the  children." 

He  went  back  to  the  dance-house,  entered  it,  and  lay  down. 
The  two  boys  came  to  the  upper  entrance  of  the  dance-house 
and  looked  in.  They  ran  back,  saying  "My  mother,  it  looks  a 
little  as  if  father  were  lying  in  the  corner  of  the  dance-house. 

228  This  explains  not  only  the  origin  of  the  seeds  of  vegetable  foods, 
but  the  reason  for  mice  being  thieves. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  211 

It  was  only  his  foot  we  saw.  Do  not  get  excited  but  come  and 
look."  "Yes,  I  will  look,"  she  said.  She  looked  at  him.  She 
went  in.  "My  husband,  you  have  come  back,"  she  said  to  him. 
The  heads  of  both  of  the  women  had  been  shorn.  Their  fore 
heads  had  been  smeared  with  pitch.  The  foreheads  of  the  boys 
had  also  been  smeared.  They  were  all  in  mourning. 

"Well,  come  into  the  house,"  they  said.  Both  of  the  women 
cried.  They  had  a  meal. 

"May  my  back  be  of  june-berry  wood.  May  my  kidneys  be 
round  stones.  May  my  spleen  (?)  be  a  flat  stone.  Throw  me  this 
side.  Throw  me  that  side, ' '  he  said. 

That  is  all. 

X.— WOLF  STEALS  COYOTE'S  WIFE.229 

Coyote  walked  as  if  he  were  lame.  * '  Carry  me  to  the  creek, ' ' 
he  told  his  wife,  Raven.  "I  will  stay  down  there.  Get  some 
brush.  I  want  brush  for  a  fish-weir.  Build  a  fire.  I  may  be 
cold.  I  am  lame.  Put  the  spear-points  on  the  pole.  Fish  may 
come.  Get  poles  for  the  fish-weir.  Get  the  hazel  with  which 
the  poles  are  to  be  fastened  to  the  stringer  of  the  fish-weir. 
Spread  down  some  dirt.  Make  a  pile  of  it  for  the  fire  which  we 
shall  have  soon." 

"We  will  go  after  the  'back-bone'  of  the  weir.  Bring  me 
the  bow  for  the  net.  Come,  we  will  put  it  across.  Pass  me  the 
brush." 

"I  have  finished.  Make  its  mouth.  We  will  get  pitch-wood. 
Bring  me  the  acorn  mush.  I  arn  hungry.  I  will  taste  it  at  least. 
You  go  home.  It  is  late.  I  am  lame,"  he  told  his  wife. 

He  was  not  that  way  before.  His  wife  watched  him.  He 
was  running  about.  He  built  a  fire  in  the  brush.  His  wife 
watched  him  for  a  long  time.  The  woman  started  home.  Coyote 
ran  around.  He  put  large  rocks  across  the  stream.  He  was  not 
lame.  He  was  pretending. 

The  woman  went  to  a  neighbor's  to  get  some  fish.  "Coyote 
has  built  a  fish-weir.  I  am  going  home,"  she  said.  There  was 

229  Coyote  manifests  his  usual  clownish,  churlish  spirit  in  this  story. 
The  consideration  which  wolf  shows  the  woman  seems  quite  different  from 
that  customary  farther  north. 


raipwr  «   Cdimm*  JMHirfiML  [AM.AMx.taB. 


noonefheve.    He  lad  apt  come  hack  fcy  dajligfcl  next 

"WcO,  I  win  wribdi  MB.    fTiam  mint  in  HJI,  T  art!  ulili  him/' 


fie  hejv  had  abgwd  with  IDOL  He  caught  two  fish  in  the 
net.  TTi  i  •!  Jin  •  opm  md  itc  Ihrm  •hil<  Ihf  Imj  •  •in  iilcicp 
He  ate  them  by  MmaelL  The  older  boy  woke  up.  The  younger 
one  woke  up.  They  saw  meat  of  a  fish.  "There  are  fish."  they 
nd.  "Thfe  i§  not  meat/' he  rid.  aiXo.  It  k  not  fish.  It  is  a 
piece  of  ratten  wood.  No,  they  are  not  salmon  eggs.  Those  are 
the  madrone  berries  yon  played  with  yesterday." 

He  had  strung  the  fish  and  dragged  them  away  under  the 
water.  It  was  morning.  "There  are  none.  Go  home  and  ten 
your  mother/'  he  told  the  boys. 

"We^  I  wfll  wateh  Coyote,"  said  the  woman.  "I  will 
€2rry  theburdeii-basket.99  He  had  cut  up  the  fish  and  put  them 
on  a  frame  to  dry.  There  were  many  fish  there.  He  had  gone 
upstream.  The  woman  brought  down  the  burden-basket  She 
stole  the  fish  and  earned  them  to  the  home. 

"Coyote  Isadbe^eutti^  "Hide 

the  fish.    He  might  eome  again."    She  gave  some  of  them  to 
Tree-toad,  her  mother.    She  pounded  acorns. 

Wolf  eame  bringing  dried  Yenison.  "Hide  the  Yenisan.  Do 
not  let  him  find  it,"  said  Coyote's  wife.  "I  am  going  home," 
said  Wolf.  "Someday  I  will  eome  again.  By  the  time  you  haw 
eaten  the  renison  up  I  wfll  probably  be  bade  again.  You  must 
put  aeoms  in  the  water.  You  must  bury  them  in  the  ground. 
We  wfll  carry  away  many  acorns.  Yon  must  crack  them  during 
the  night  That  is  enough.  When  it  is  daylight  and  we  can  see 
well  we  wfll  cany  them  to  the  drying  platform.  Let  them  all 
dry.  There  is  much  venison  at  my  house,"  he  told  her.  "Next 
time  I  wfll  take  yon  with  me.  We  win  go  a  long  way.  You 
shall  take  both  the  children  with  you," 

Again  someone  eame.    "Where  n  Coyote!"  he  asked. 

"He  is  not  at  home*  Sometime  ago  he  went  to  spear  fish. 
Hie  has  not  eome  back.  I  do  not  go  to  see  him.  For  some  reason 
he  is  lame.  I  do  not  like  him.  I  won't  see  him.  Sometime  ago  I 
did  go  to  see  him.  I  went  after  some  fish  and  there  were  none," 
she  told  him. 


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214  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.    [AM.ARCH.ETH. 

house.  Much  dried  elk  meat  is  in  new  burden-baskets.  There  is 
also  much  tarweed  seeds,  sunflower  seeds,  and  many  chestnuts 
at  my  house.  Many  people  are  also  there  for  a  dance-house  is 
in  the  village.  I  will  take  you  where  there  are  many  people  and 
much  food, ' '  he  told  the  woman. 

1 '  I  do  not  know  how  we  shall  go. ' ' 

"We  better  go  underground.  Coyote  might  track  us/'  said 
the  woman. 

Coyote  came  up  from  the  stream.  He  had  put  down  the  net 
with  the  short  back-bone  of  a  sore-tailed  fish  in  it.  He  came 
limping  along.  "Mother,  Coyote  is  coming,"  said  one  of  the 
boys. 

"Urinate  in  the  mush,"  she  told  him. 

He  came  in.  "I  am  bringing  your  fish,"  he  said.  "I  put 
it  down  out  there  by  the  entrance.  Someone  stole  the  fish  I  had 
cut  up  to  dry."  He  tasted  the  mush.  It  was  sour.  It  landed 
nearly  in  the  creek  by  CeLciyetodufi,  he  threw  it  so  hard. 

She  did  not  bring  in  his  fish.  It  was  still  there  next  morning. 
No  one  had  cut  it. 

"For  some  reason  you  do  not  like  it,"  he  said.  "I  will  go 
back.  I  will  try  again.  After  a  while  probably,  when  two  moons 
have  died,  I  shall  be  back.  Do  not  be  lonesome.  Perhaps  I  shall 
be  around, ' '  he  said.  He  went  back  to  the  creek  carrying  the  net. 

Wolf  came  again.  '  *  Has  not  my  cousin,  Coyote,  been  back  ? ' ' 
he  asked.  "We  will  carry  acorns  tomorrow.  We  will  put  them 
down  far  away.  Again  we  will  carry  them  far  and  put  them 
down.  We  will  carry  them  far.  We  will  carry  them  far.  We 
will  put  them  in  the  water.  You  will  make  them  get  mouldy. 
Tomorrow  you  will  carry  them  to  the  stream.  I  like  sour  mush, ' ' 
he  said. 

' '  How  will  the  old  woman  live  1 "  he  asked. 

"We  will  leave  much  venison  with  her." 

"Old  woman,  you  must  not  tell  him  we  have  gone  together 
far  to  the  south." 

"I  will  stay  alone.  I  will  not  be  lonesome.  You  may  go 
anyway.  You  may  leave  me.  Anyway  let  Coyote  kill  me," 
said  the  old  woman.  "You  must  not  come  back,"  she  told  her 
daughter.  "Let  my  son-in-law  come  to  see  me.  Let  him  bring 
me  some  venison.  No  one  will  kill  me." 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  215 

* '  I  will  leave  many  acorns. ' ' 

"Many  of  them  are  mouldy.  You  will  take  those,  the 
sprouted  ones  I  put  in  the  water.  The  buckeyes  in  the  burden- 
basket  that  I  put  in  the  water  you  will  let  him  carry.  Some 
day  when  my  wood  is  gone,  let  my  son-in-law  get  some  more 
for  me.  I  like  wood.  It  will  rain.  I  like  pitch-wood  so  that 
there  will  be  a  light.  I  will  sit  and  crack  acorns  at  night." 

"My  head  aches.  I  am  sick.  Yesterday  I  did  not  get  wood. 
I  want  much  wood.  Nobody  came.  I  cried.  I  was  lonesome. 
Sometimes  I  sat  up  all  night  long.  I  have  been  up  two  nights.  I 
am  sleepy,"  was  the  old  woman's  plaint. 

"When  will  you  move?" 

"We  have  not  yet  carried  all  the  acorns.  It  probably  will 
be  soon.  There  are  only  six  baskets  left.  We  will  carry  them 
again  tomorrow, ' '  said  the  daughter.  ' '  There  are  only  four  bas 
kets.  We  will  carry  two  again.  My  mother,  tomorrow  we  will 
leave  you.  There  are  only  two  baskets  left.  We  shall  go 
through  a  tunnel  under  the  ground." 

1 '  You  must  go  with  care. ' ' 

"He  will  not  track  us.  Coyote  will  not  track  us.  It  is  far. 
The  mountains  are  large.  I  go  the  longer  way  because  the  brush 
is  difficult.  We  will  rest.  Sit  down. 

"Come,  when  we  have  climbed  up  I  will  carry  the  basket. 
Are  you  tired?" 

"I  am  tired." 

"We  have  climbed  to  the  top  of  the  ridge.  Do  you  see  the 
smoke  yonder?" 

* '  Yes,  I  see  the  smoke. ' ' 

"  It  is  a  large  country  you  have  traversed. ' ' 

"I  am  tired." 

"We  cross  the  stream.  I  will  carry  you  across,  let  me  take 
you  up.  It  is  evening.  Can  you  still  walk?  Do  you  smell  the 
smoke?"  he  asked. 

"The  house  you  see  is  mine.  We  will  go  fast.  It  will  soon 
be  dark.  There  is  a  moon.  The  trail  over  there  is  good.  Well, 
do  not  try  to  look  at  it.  Walk  in  my  tracks,"  he  told  her. 

"Do  not  be  ashamed.  Come  in.  Be  seated,"  he  told  his  new 
wife. 


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"Put  wood  on  the  fire,"  he  told  his  mother.  "Where  is  the 
water?  I  am  thirsty." 

"Are  you  tired,  my  wife,  from  being  so  long  under  the  bur 
den-basket?" 

"Who  killed  the  elk?" 

' '  Your  younger  brother  shot  it  yesterday.  He  killed  a  grizzly 
and  also  a  panther  he  saw, ' '  she  replied. 

'  *  Where  is  the  mush  ?  I  am  hungry.  I  have  come  a  long  way. 
I  stole  a  woman." 

"Where  did  they  go?"  asked  Coyote.  The  grinding  stone 
he  had  addressed  did  not  reply.  A  raven  croaked.  "Well,  bring 
them  back,"  he  said.  "Where  did  they  move?"  he  asked  the 
partly  burned  wood  of  the  fireplace.  He  picked  up  a  pestle. 
"Where  did  they  move?"  he  demanded.  He  threw  the  pestle 
up  and  was  looking  into  the  sky  after  it,  when  it  fell  and  hit 
him  on  the  forehead. 

The  old  woman  was  digging  acorns  from  a  hole  in  the  house. 
He  came  in  and  caught  her.  "Let  me  see  you,  you  who  have 
caught  me, ' '  the  old  woman  demanded. 

"No  one  sees  me,"  he  said.  He  ran  out.  He  defecated  in 
the  house.  ' '  My  faeces,  where  have  they  moved  ? ' '  Coyote  asked. 

"They  went  down  here  through  a  tunnel,"  it  replied.  Wolf 
led  away  the  woman  and  the  two  boys.  They  went  to  Lokas- 
tkwut." 

"Coyote  may  track  us,"  observed  Wolf.  "If  he  comes  we 
will  pour  mush  on  him.  We  will  pour  it  on  him  from  a  large 
basket-bowl.  You  must  give  him  a  seat  in  the  center  of  the 
house. ' ' 

"My  mother,  Coyote  is  coming,"  called  out  one  of  the  boys. 
"He  is  carrying  a  short  piece  of  the  back  of  a  fish.  'This  is 
your  small  salmon,'  he  is  saying,  that  one  he  is  bringing  here." 

"I  do  not  like  him.  He  must  keep  at  a  distance.  I  will  not 
look  at  him.  I  do  not  like  this  Coyote  who  has  come,"  said  his 
former  wife. 

"Come  in,"  he  called  to  him.  "It  is  cold.  Have  you  come 
here?  It  is  turning  cold.  Who  are  you?  Well,  sit  down  since 
you  are  a  stranger." 

"Somebody  has  come.     Give  him  venison  and  mush,"  Wolf 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  217 

told  them.  Coyote  chewed  away,  looking  toward  the  sky.  His 
wife  made  the  mush,  dropping  in  white  stones  that  she  might 
pour  it  hot  on  his  head.  While  he  was  eating  venison  and  mush 
they  poured  it  on  his  head.  He  jumped  up,  ran  to  the  river,  and 
jumped  in.  He  floated  on  the  water,  and  only  coals  came  out  on 
the  other  side  of  the  stream. 

"My  hair,  grow  again,"  he  said.    He  ran  off. 

That  is  all. 

XI.— COYOTE  AND  SKUNK  KILL  ELK. 

Coyote,  when  he  had  climbed  to  the  roof  of  the  dance-house, 
stood  and  called  elk.  They  came  in  great  numbers  and  entered 
the  dance-house.  The  dance-house  was  full.  Coyote  placed 
Skunk  by  the  doorway  and  began  to  doctor  his  belly  and  anus. 
Grey-squirrel  and  Fisher  were  sitting  there.  Skunk  emitted 
flatus  and  killed  all  the  elk.  Coyote  ate  a  female  deer,  entrails 
and  all.  ' '  That  was  the  one  I  called, ' '  he  said.  They  butchered 
the  elk. 

"Who  of  you  will  marry  my  sister?"  one  asked.  All  were 
covered  with  filth.  Coyote  ran  down  to  the  creek  and  washed 
the  blood  from  his  hands.  He  made  a  wig  to  cover  his  head.  The 
girl  pulled  the  wig  off  and  threw  it  away. 

That  is  all. 

XII.— COYOTE  RECOVERS  KANGAEOO-EAT  'S  EEMAINS.zso 

Kangaroo-rat  made  many  arrows.  He  kept  making  them. 
He  made  also  a  bow.  He  shot  about.  He  shot  at  the  ground. 
He  shot  along  on  both  sides  of  the  stream  toward  the  north  until 
he  came  to  Blue  Bock,  where  he  was  killed. 

"This  fellow,  they  say,  shoots  at  everything.  He  shoots  at 
the  ground,"  said  those  who  killed  him.  They  carried  him  to 
Red  Mountain  that  they  might  dance  with  his  scalp.  They  took 
the  corpse  into  the  dance-house  and  danced  with  it.  Then  they 
cut  the  head  off  and  pulled  him  in  two. 


230  it  was  explained  that  the  shooting  at  the  ground  was  done  with 
straws,  in  part  at  least,  and  was  for  the  purpose  of  making  all  kinds  of 
plants  grow.  Both  the  indignities  practiced  upon  the  body  and  the  con 
cern  for  its  recovery  seem  usual  in  this  region,  but  the  specific  motives 
are  not  avowed.  Possibly  none  are  thought  necessary. 


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Coyote  dreamed  about  his  cousin.  "I  dreamed,  I  dreamed, 
my  nephew,  my  nephew,  my  nephew,"  he  sang.  He  started  out 
following  the  tracks.  As  he  tracked  him  along  toward  the  north 
he  cried.  He  came  to  the  dance-house  at  Red  Mountain.  He 
gathered  up  the  bones  and  walked  away  with  them  toward  the 
north.  He  tied  them  up  with  strings  of  beads.  He  walked  way 
on  toward  the  north  and  then  returned  with  a  piece  of  otter  skin 
tied  in  his  hair.231  He  came  to  the  dance-house. 

When  it  was  evening  they  cooked  a  meal.  Coyote  went  in. 
"You  dance  in  the  dance-house  v  any  way,"  said  the  chief.  "I 
always  do  that  when  I  take  a  person's  head,"  said  Coyote.  They 
danced  with  two  dancing  in  the  middle. 

"Let  me  dance  with  the  scalp,"  said  Coyote.  He  ran  out  with 
it.  He  ran  back  with  it  and  the  others  chased  him.  He  came  to 
the  place  where  he  had  left  the  bones  tied  up  with  the  beads.  He 
took  them  down  and  started  home  with  them.  He  carried  them 
using  the  beads  for  a  carrying-strap.232 

"When  they  do  that  to  me  I  come  alive  again.  Come,  I  jump 
across  the  creeks,  my  cousin."  Kangaroo-rat  jumped  down. 

They  came  back  from  the  north.  He  ran  along  with  his 
cousin.  He  cried  about  him  as  he  went  along,  because  he  was 
tied  (leaving  a  scar).  "My  nephew,  my  nephew,  my  nephew," 
he  lamented.  He  brought  him  home. 

That  is  all. 


XIII.— COYOTE  AND  THE  GAMBLEE. 

He  won  his  arrows,  and  then  his  bow,  and  a  quantity  of  rope. 
Finally  he  won  his  beads  and  net-headdress.  Coyote  cut  fresh 
grass  for  the  game.  ' '  I  bet  my  wife, ' '  he  said,  ' '  and  my  house. ' ' 

"I  win,  I  win,  I  win,"  Coyote  sang.  He  won  his  wife  and 
house.  He  won  all  the  various  things  he  had  lost.  His  arrows, 
rope,  bow,  quiver,  beads,  and  net-headdress  he  won  back. 

That  is  all. 


231  This  was  done,  of  course,  that  he  might  be  supposed  to  be  a  stran 
ger  from  the  north  instead  of  the  south. 

232  This  accounts  for  the  white  marks  on  Kangaroo-rat. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  219 

XIV.— COYOTE  COMPETES  WITH  GEEY  SQUIRRELS. 

Some  grey  squirrels  built  a  fire  between  two  trees.  There 
were  six  of  them  amusing  themselves  by  jumping  from  one  tree 
to  another  over  the  fire.  Coyote  came  along. 

* '  Ha,  ha,  ha, ' '  he  cried.  * i  I  used  to  do  that  when  my  grand 
mother  was  still  leading  me  around.  Take  me  up,  my  friends." 

"Yes,"  they  said. 

*  *  Take  me  up,  my  friends, ' '  Coyote  insisted. 

"Well,  bring  him  up,"  one  said.  They  brought  him  up,  and 
he  tried  to  jump  across,  but  failing,  fell  into  the  fire.  He  burned 
up.  The  coals  which  remained  of  him  rolled  out  of  the  fire. 

'  *  Come  back,  my  hair, ' '  he  called. 

XV.— COYOTE  TRICKS  THE  GIRLS. 

Upon  the  stones  in  the  fireplace  the  young  women  poured 
down  the  buckeyes  and  covered  them  with  soil.  When  they  were 
cooked  they  took  them  out  and  soaked  the  flour  obtained  by 
pounding  them. 

Coyote  was  floating  as  a  baby  in  a  baby-basket. 

"Somebody's  baby  is  floating,"  one  said.  They  took  up  the 
basket  with  the  baby.  It  cried.  White  duck  carried  it  about  to 
quiet  it. 

When  it  was  dark  they  put  it  down  and  went  to  sleep.  As 
soon  as  the  east  reddened  Coyote  went  home. 

' '  What  have  you  eaten  that  your  stomachs  are  so  big  ? ' '  they 
were  asked.  When  they  understood  that  they  were  pregnant, 
they  cried,  "May  you  die,  Coyote." 

XVI.— POLECAT  ROBS  HER  GRANDMOTHER,233 

Many  polecat  girls  were  digging  bulbs.  They  came  together 
from  north  and  south  to  dig  them.  Polecat  old  woman  had  many 
granddaughters  who  were  digging.  There  was  a  fire  there.  They 


233  A  similar  story  is  recorded  among  the  Nongatl  of  Mad  river  tells  how 
the  bad  grandchild,  in  this  case  a  grandson,  relented,  tracked  his  grand 
mother,  took  revenge  upon  those  who  had  killed  her,  gathered  up  her 
bones  and  brought  them  back  to  a  certain  valley  where  they  became 
scattered  and  sprang  up  as  bulbs.  This  result  probably  is  expected  from 
the  throwing  about  of  the  pieces  of  her  body  in  this  case. 


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put  on  much  wood  because  so  many  bulbs  were  being  dug.  They 
had  many  kinds  of  bulbs  in  seed-baskets,  burden-baskets,  and 
basket-pans.  (Nineteen  varieties  are  named.)  They  dug  all  the 
different  kinds  of  bulbs.  The  seed-baskets  were  full.  "My 
basket  is  not  full,"  some  of  the  girls  said.  "My  basket-pan  is 
full,"  said  others  of  them. 

*  *  Let  us  bury  them  to  cook.    The  ground  is  hot, ' '  said  one  of 
them. 

'  *  Very  well, ' '  replied  the  old  woman. 

They  took  up  the  fire.  They  leveled  the  ground.  They 
poured  the  bulbs  down  in  the  fireplace.  They  poured  bulbs 
down  in  other  places.  The  pile  was  high  because  so  many  girls 
had  been  digging.  They  covered  them  up. 

She  sang  for  her  grandmother  who  danced  at  one  side.  She 
said,  "I  will  look  at  the  bulbs,"  and  went  into  the  open  place 
where  they  were  cooking.  She  came  back  and  continued  her 
singing  and  her  grandmother  the  dancing.  When  she  finished 
the  song  she  said,  ' '  I  will  look  at  the  bulbs. ' '  She  took  a  basket- 
pan,  filled  it  with  bulbs  and  ashes  and  shook  it  up  and  down  as 
she  continued  the  song.  The  grandmother  was  dancing.  When 
the  ashes  were  sifted  out  she  poured  the  bulbs  into  her  mouth. 

1  'They  are  not  cooked,  my  grandmother,"  she  said.  She  went 
out  to  her  grandmother.  "They  are  not  yet  cooked,  my  grand 
mother,"  she  told  her.  She  sang.  "They  are  not  cooked,"  she 
reported  again.  She  piled  the  dirt  up  again  in  the  fireplace. 

*  *  Why  do  you  dance  ?    They  were  all  eaten  up  long  ago, ' '  said 
the  girl. 

"I  will  look  at  the  bulbs."  She  went  to  the  cooking  place. 
She  looked  at  the  pile  of  earth.  The  bulbs  were  gone.  When 
she  went  back  she  was  crying. 

She  started  away  toward  the  south.  She  came  where  flies  live. 
"Kill  me,"  she  told  them,  "my  grandchild  has  mistreated  me." 

"No,  we  will  not  kill  you,"  they  said. 

She  came  where  a  large  kind  of  flies  lived  and  received  the 
same  reply. 

She  went  on  toward  the  south  until  she  came  where  wasp 
lived.  "Kill  me,  my  grandchild  has  mistreated  me,"  she  said  to 
them. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  221 

She  came  where  insects  who  live  in  the  ground  were  living. 
"Kill  me,"  she  said,  "my  grandchild  has  mistreated  me." 

She  went  on  toward  the  south  until  she  came  where  hornets 
lived.  '  *  Kill  me, ' '  she  said,  ' '  my  grandchild  has  mistreated  me. ' ' 

"No,"  they  told  her. 

She  went  on  to  the  south  until  she  came  where  jellow jackets 
lived.  "Kill  me,"  she  entreated  them,  "my  grandchild  has  mis 
treated  me. ' ' 

' '  No,  we  will  not  kill  you, ' '  they  said. 

She  went  on  south  to  the  home  of  another  insect.  ' '  My  grand 
child  has  mistreated  me,  kill  me, ' '  she  said. 

"No,  we  will  not  kill  you,"  they  said. 

She  came  where  large  flies  lived.  "Kill  me,  my  grandchild 
has  mistreated  me,"  she  told  them. 

1 '  No,  we  will  not  kill  you, ' '  they  replied. 

She  came  where  gnats  lived.  "Kill  me,"  she  requested,  "my 
grandchild  has  mistreated  me. ' ' 

' '  No,  we  will  not  kill  you, ' '  they  told  her. 

She  went  on  toward  the  south.  She  came  where  other  insects 
lived.  They  offered  her  food.  ' '  No, ' '  she  said.  ' '  I  came  because 
my  grandchild  has  mistreated  me.  Kill  me. ' ' 

"Yes,  we  will  kill  you,"  they  said.  When  it  was  evening 
they  killed  her.  They  cut  her  into  small  pieces  which  they  threw 
about.  The  pieces  of  both  her  legs,  of  her  belly,  and  of  her  head 
fell  everywhere. 

That  is  all. 

XVII.— GRIZZLY  WOMAN  KILLS  DOE.23* 

Grizzly  woman  used  to  lie  with  her  head  close  to  the  fire. 
Bluejay,  her  husband,  used  to  sit  on  the  house-top  (and  make 
flint  arrowheads).  Grizzly  woman  and  the  younger  wife,  Doe, 
went  to  gather  clover. 

"Let  me  hunt  your  lice,"  said  Grizzly  woman.  "You  go  to 
sleep,"  she  said,  taking  her  head  in  her  lap.  She  bit  the  lice  and 


234  This  event  is  said  to  have  taken  place  at  TcuLsaitcdun,  a  former 
village  on  the  southern  slope  of  the  ridge  north  of  Ten-mile  creek  and 
about  a  mile  west  of  the  stream  into  which  it  empties.  The  story  is  per 
haps  the  most  widely  distributed  of  the  folk-tales  on  the  Pacific  coast. 


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nits,  sprinkling  in  sand  (upon  which  she  bit  making  the  expected 
noise).  She  cracked  her  head.  She  built  a  fire  and  dug  out  one 
eye  and  then  the  other.  She  put  them  in  the  burden-basket  and 
covered  them  with  clover.  She  carried  the  clover  home  and  took 
it  into  the  house.  She  gave  some  of  it  to  the  children. 

1  'My  mother's  eye,  my  mother's  eye,"  said  the  boy.  Doe's 
two  children  led  Grizzly's  two  out  to  play.  "You  crawl  into 
this  hollow  log, ' '  said  one.  The  bear  children  went  in.  The  girl, 
the  elder  of  Doe's  children,  stopped  up  the  opening  with  grass 
and  fanned  in  smoke  until  the  crying  ceased.  She  drew  them 
out,  scraped  them  and  washed  them,  and  took  them  to  the  house, 
presenting  them  to  their  mother.  Grizzly  ate  them  (thinking 
them  to  be  skunks). 

The  children  went  out  and  ran  down  to  the  creek  where 
Heron  had  a  fish  weir.  ' '  Grandfather,  put  your  neck  across  for 
us,"  they  said.  "When  Grizzly  old  woman  comes  down  and  you 
put  your  neck  across,  you  must  pull  it  one  side  and  let  her 
drown." 

They  ran  across  and  began  to  call  out,  ' '  She  eats  her  children 
raw. "  "  What  are  those  children  saying ? ' '  the  old  woman  asked. 
"They  only  say,  'She  eats  her  children  raw,'  "  Bluejay  finally 
replied. 

She  ran  out  of  the  house  and  down  to  the  stream.  ' '  Brother- 
in-law,  put  your  neck  across  for  me,  I  will  cross.  My  children 
are  beckoning  to  me  with  their  hands,"  she  said.  "Very  well," 
he  assented.  She  started  to  cross.  When  she  was  in  the  middle 
of  the  stream  he  tipped  his  neck  and  she  fell  in  and  was  drowned. 

That  is  all. 

XVIII.— TUKTLE'S  EXPLOIT. 

Turtle  was  throwing  up  a  stone  and  letting  it  bounce  off  his 
shoulder  when  it  fell.  He  threw  it  with  his  shoulder  and  caught 
it  again.  The  others  were  afraid  to  try  it. 

"Tehehe,"  laughed  Coyote,  "I  will  try  that." 

"Very  well,"  replied  Turtle. 

Coyote  took  the  stone  up  and  threw  it  into  the  air.  It  fell  in 
the  center  of  his  back  and  drove  him  into  the  ground. 

That  is  all. 


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XIX.— HOW  TUKTLE  ESCAPED. 

Some  people  came  where  Turtle  was  walking  along  by  him 
self.  He  was  carrying  some  mean  looking  arrows.  They  took 
them  away  from  him,  spit  on  them,  and  thrust  them  into  the 
ground.  It  was  summer-time  and  a  body  of  water  was  there. 
As  he  sat  by  the  shore  the  others  laughed  at  him.  He  took  up 
one  of  the  arrows  and  shot  a  man,  killing  him. 

Turtle  jumped  into  the  pond  and  ran  around  on  the  bottom, 
making  it  so  muddy  they  could  not  see  him.  They  got  a  net, 
stretched  it  on  the  frame,  and  dipped  for  him.  Turtle  had  run 
out  without  being  seen.  They  hunted  for  him  until  it  was  quite 
dark  before  they  gave  up  the  search. 

They  put  the  body  of  the  dead  on  the  fire  and  burned  it. 

That  is  all. 

XX.— GOPHER'S  REVENGE. 

Cottontail  rabbit,  a  small  child,  was  an  orphan.  Gopher  was 
also  small  and  an  orphan.  They  had  neither  father  nor  mother. 
When  they  were  grown  one  of  them  asked,  ' '  Where  is  my  father, 
grandmother  ? ' ' 

"Your  father  was  killed  a  long  time  ago.  Your  mother,  also, 
was  killed, ' '  replied  the  old  woman. 

"Who  killed  them?"  asked  the  boy. 

"The  great  fish  old  woman  stung  them  with  her  sting  and 
killed  them,"  she  replied. 

Gopher  went  under  ground  in  a  tunnel  to  look.  He  saw  the 
old  fish  woman  and  came  back. 

' '  I  am  going  to  make  arrows,  my  grandmother, ' '  he  said. 

His  grandmother  showed  him  how  they  are  made.  He  flaked 
the  flints  and  put  them  on  the  shafts.  He  went  without  the 
knowledge  of  his  grandmother  through  a  tunnel  and  came  up  out 
of  the  ground  by  the  great  river. 

He  came  up  close  to  the  fish.  He  looked  at  her  through  a 
small  hole.  He  put  an  arrow  in  place  on  the  bowstring.  He 
shot.  He  shot  again.  He  hit  her  many  times.  She  struck  over 
him  when  she  tried  to  stin<r  him.  The  stones  rattled  when  her 


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sting  hit  them.  Finally  she  died.  He  turned  her  over  and  looked 
at  her.  He  saw  the  stream  was  full  of  the  people  she  had  killed. 
He  went  home. 

'  *  Where  have  you  been  ? ' '  she  asked  him. 

"Grandmother,  I  have  been  to  Eel  river  and  killed  the  fish. 
It  is  she  who  has  killed  the  people  who  have  disappeared  from 
this  place,"  he  replied. 

Many  people  came  from  distant  countries  and  gave  him  va 
rious  presents  because  he  had  killed  the  fish.  It  nearly  happened 
that  fish  of  that  sort  were  in  the  world.  It  is  because  he  killed 
her  that  they  are  not. 

That  is  all. 

XXI.— MEADOWLAEK'S  BKEAST. 

Meadowlark  and  Mockingbird  were  quarreling.  They  were 
quarreling  in  the  morning;  they  were  quarreling  at  noon;  they 
were  still  quarreling  at  evening.  A  fire  was  burning  there. 
Meadowlark  fell  asleep.  Mockingbird  put  some  stones  in  the 
fire  and  let  them  get  hot.  He  then  took  one  up  and  put  it  in  the 
sleeping  Meadowlark 's  mouth.  The  stone  fell  out  his  breast 
leaving  the  black  mark  there.  That  is  why  he  sings  at  night. 

That  is  all. 

XXII.— GEESE  CAKEY  OFF  BAVEN. 

The  husband,  Chipmunk,  stayed  at  home  and  took  care  of  the 
baby.  He  had  stuck  a  piece  of  bark  in  his  belly  and  had  hurt 
himself  so  badly  that  he  was  obliged  to  lie  down.  The  wife, 
Raven,  went  after  bark.  Two  Geese  had  come  from  the  north. 
When  Raven  was  about  to  take  the  loaded  basket  upon  her  back 
the  Geese  reached  out  from  behind  a  tree  and  caught  the  basket 
with  a  hook.  "It's  heavy,"  she  said,  and  threw  out  some  pieces. 
As  she  lifted  it  they  caught  it  again.  She  threw  out  more  of  the 
bark.  Finally  there  were  only  two  pieces  left.  This  time  when 
they  caught  the  basket  they  seized  her  and  led  her  away  to  the 
North. 

' '  Flat  mouths  are  taking  me  north, ' '  she  said.  They  took  her 
into  the  dance-house  at  the  northern  end  of  the  world.  At  night 


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they  danced.    She  flew  out  the  upper  opening  of  the  dance-house 
and  returned.    Chipmunk  had  tried  to  care  for  the  baby,  giving 
it  pieces  of  venison  to  suck.    The  child  died. 
That  is  all. 

XXIII.— THE  DIVING  CONTEST.ass 

Duck  and  Otter,  rivals  in  love,  engaged  in  a  diving  contest  to 
see  which  could  secure  the  more  fish.  The  watching  people  saw 
Duck  come  up  with  two  strings  which  he  had  filled.  Otter  dived 
and  the  people  waited.  After  a  long  time  he  came  up  with  three 
strings  he  had  filled.  They  went  home  dragging  the  fish  into 
the  house. 

XXIV.— TREATMENT  OF  A  STRANGEE.286 

*  *  I  'm  the  one  that  has  just  come  from  the  coast, ' '  they  heard 
some  one  say.  " Who's  saying  'I  have  come  from  the  coast?' 
asked  the  chief.  "Go  and  see  who's  saying  it."  They  looked 
everywhere  in  vain ;  he  was  not  to  be  found.  No  sooner  had  they 
come  back  and  reported  their  failure  than  "Just  now  I  have  come 
from  the  coast"  was  heard  again.  "It  sounds  as  if  it  were  right 
here,  look  for  him."  Again  many  of  them  went  and  looked  for 
him.  They  didn't  find  him.  A  hollow  tree  was  standing  there. 
Through  a  small  opening  in  it  they  heard  him  talking;  they 
found  him  there  in  the  hollow  tree. 

"You'd  better  kill  him,"  said  the  chief.  "Yes,  we  will  kill 
him, ' '  they  replied.  They  pulled  him  out  and  cut  him  to  pieces. 
They  threw  his  arms  in  one  direction  and  his  legs  in  another; 
they  split  him  in  two.  For  all  that  he  did  not  die ;  his  vital  spot- 
was  not  there,  but  between  his  toes.  When  they  cut  between  his 
toes  he  died. 

That  is  all. 


235  Supposed  to  have  happened  at  Sak 'enunsandun,  a  former  village 
close  to  the  right  bank  of  Long  Valley  creek  just  south  of  White's  house. 

236  The  version  first  recorded  mentioned  a  large  supply  of  food  hidden 
away  from  a  starving  child,  which  would  furnish  a  motive  for  harsh  treat 
ment.     When  this  version  was  told  to  correct  the  former  text  the  only 
reason  assigned  was  that  he  was  a  stranger.    The  victim  was  a  bird. 


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XXV.— THE  GKEAT  HORNED  SEEPENT.237 

They  were  living  at  Lodaiki.  The  people  kept  dying.  The 
girls  were  soaking  buckeye  flour.  Two  dead  trout  were  lying 
there.  The  girls  put  them  in  the  fire  to  roast.  When  they  were 
cooked  they  ate  them  up.  First  one  and  then  the  other  died. 

"I  am  going  up  the  creek,  east,"  said  the  chief.  He  found 
two  dead  trout,  and  then  one  by  itself,  and  still  farther  on,  an 
other.  After  that  he  found  three.  He  sat  down  to  rest.  After 
a  short  time  he  went  on.  He  found  a  single  dead  trout  again. 
Going  on  again  he  found  two  more.  Having  gone  forward  again 
he  found  two  trout  that  had  been  bitten  in  two.  Twice,  farther 
on,  he  found  one  by  itself.  He  sat  down.  The  creek  was  now 
small.  He  went  on.  He  found  slime.  There  were  no  trout.  He 
went  on  climbing  up  until  he  stood  on  the  summit.  He  looked 
around.  He  found  a  pond  there.  He  found  its  horn.  He  looked 
at  it.  It  was  looking  toward  the  south.  The  horn  was  long  and 
white. 

He  went  home  crying.  He  came  home  and  told  his  expe 
riences. 

"Go  to  Sherwood  valley  and  get  the  people.  Go  to  Cahto 
valley.  Go  and  get  the  Yuki.  Go  to  Little  Lake  valley  for  help, ' ' 
he  commanded. 

Poles  were  made.  Four  times  they  made  ten  poles.  They 
started  carrying  poles,  arrows,  and  knives.  When  they  came  to 
the  place  they  all  took  up  the  poles  and  speared  it.  They  speared 
and  shot,  speared  and  shot,  speared  and  shot.  The  old  man  cut 
it.  They  speared  it.  The  old  man  cut.  It  squealed.  It  thrashed 
the  water  with  its  horn.  It  died.  It  had  broken  the  brush  with 
its  horn. 

A  fire  was  burning  there.  They  burned  a  clear  space  around 
the  body.  On  the  middle  of  its  head  and  on  its  tail  they  built 
a  fire. 

They  started  back.  They  came  back  and  all  sat  in  the  house 
crying. 


237  The  former  Yuki  village  of  Lodaiki  (its  Kato  name)  was  on  main 
Eel  river  near  or  at  the  mouth  of  Dutch  Henry  creek.  Such  serpents  are 
believed  in  far  north  of  the  Kato. 


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"We  will  not  live  here.  The  water  is  bad.  After  this  the 
water  will  be  bad, ' '  the  old  man  said. 

Ten  of  them  went  back  and  built  a  fire  on  its  head  and  tail. 
They  went  back  to  the  house. 

"We  have  built  a  fire  on  it  again,"  they  said.  They  moved 
away  and  lived  in  another  place.  They  went  there  again  and 
built  a  fire  on  its  head.  The  mountain  was  burned  over.  They 
came  home.  The  mountain  was  well  burned  over,  they  found. 

He  put  it  (the  horn)  in  a  sack.  When  they  came  back  he 
pounded  it  up  and  carried  it  to  the  coast.  They  made  "Indian 
poison"  of  it.  Those  people  all  died.  It  became  the  property 
of  the  coast  people. 

That  is  all. 

XXVI.— THE  DANCING  ELK.238 

The  people  were  going  to  Redwood  creek  to  spear  fish.  ' '  Walk 
fast, ' '  they  said. 

' '  I  am  tired,  I  will  walk  slowly.  We  will  rest  under  the  tree. 
There  are  no  fish.  We  will  make  a  fish-weir  at  Redwood  creek. 
Cut  some  wood.  Twist  some  withes  to  tie  the  weir  with.  Two 
of  you  twist  them, ' '  the  chief  commanded.  ' '  Cut  this  fish.  Make 
some  soup.  Put  stones  in  the  fire  to  heat.  I  think  there  will  be 
plenty  of  fish  soon. ' ' 

*  *  Come  and  eat.    It  is  cooked. ' ' 

"Yes,  I  will  wash  my  hands.  A  fish  is  swimming  up  the 
stream.  I  will  spear  it. ' '  He  struck  over  it.  Two  fish  swam  by. 
He  speared  only  one. 

It  was  day.    "I  am  sleepy,"  he  said. 

' '  Well,  you  sleep,  I  will  get  wood. ' ' 

1  i  Yes,  you  get  wood. ' ' 

He  went  from  the  creek  bed  up  on  the  bank  and  looked. 
'  *  They  look  like  elk, ' '  he  said.  Twenty  of  them  came  out  of  the 
brush. 

*  *  Well,  I  will  go  back  and  tell  the  others, ' '  he  said. 
"Look,  elk.    Come  and  look.    Many  elk  have  come  out. " 


238  These  elk  are  the  ordinary  animals  surprised  in  or  induced  to  take 
their  semi-human  form  which  they,  in  common  with  several  other  animals,  are 
believed  to  possess  at  times. 


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"That  is  so,"  he  said.  "What  will  we  do,  there  are  no  ar 
rows  ? ' ' 

"We  will  do  nothing.    We  will  just  look  at  them." 

"Look  for  fish." 

"No,  I  will  shout  at  them." 

"No,  do  not  shout  at  them,"  he  told  him. 

* '  I  am  going  to  shout  at  them. ' ' 

"Well,  shout  at  them." 

'  *  They  say  you  dance,  dance  for  me. "  The  elk  were  all  stand 
ing  there.  They  looked  at  him.  They  intermingled.  They 
danced  behind  the  hill.  They  came  out  dancing.  Only  behind 
the  hill  was  there  whistling.  They  looked  at  them.  "You  have 
shouted  at  them.  You  will  see  something  uncommon, ' '  he  said. 

Two  of  them  ran  off.  "I  will  not  go,"  said  one  of  them. 
The  dust  flew  around  because  of  the  dancing  of  the  elk. 

"Why  do  you  run  off?"  he  asked  them.  "Come  back  here, 
we  will  see  it  only  once  and  then  you  may  run  away.  I  will  look 
at  it.  I  will  not  run  off. ' ' 

' '  I  have  already  tried  to  stop  you  in  vain, ' '  he  said  to  him. 

One  elk  woman  came  out  by  herself  and  danced  with  a  dress. 
Again  there  was  whistling  twice.  They  were  getting  ready.  "I 
will  see  her  apron, ' '  he  said.  They  danced  for  a  long  time  with 
their  horns.  The  does  had  no  horns. 

All  shouted  loudly.  Some  of  the  men  ran  off.  Only  one  man 
watched  them.  The  elk  turned  around  three  times.  Their  heads 
were  not  when  they  turned.  When  they  turned  around  the  men 
(elk)  picked  up  their  quivers  with  their  bows  and  arrows.  They 
all  shouted. 

When  they  had  danced  they  went  into  the  brush  one  at  a 
time  and  became  elk.  Again  three  of  them  went  behind  the 
brush.  Five  went  in.  Again  six  went  in  behind  the  brush. 
Seven  went  behind  the  brush.  Eight  went  in  the  same  place. 
Ten  went  into  the  whitethorn  brush. 

The  people  came  out  again.  They  looked  at  him.  "What  did 
they  do  ? "  they  asked.  l '  Did  they  dance  well  ? ' ' 

"Yes,  they  danced  well.  I  saw  them  dance  many  different 
ways.  They  danced  with  dresses  and  with  arrows.  They  grew 
small.  Their  horns  grew  large.  Do  not  ask  me.  You  did  not 
look  at  them." 


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"You  only  say  that.  Next  time  you  must  not  shout  close  to 
them.'7 

*  *  You  must  doctor  me.  See  what  is  the  matter  with  me.  Why 
is  my  food  sweet  ? ' ' 

' '  They  danced  well.  Do  not  ask  me.  That  is  enough.  I  have 
told  you." 

' '  How  many  fish  did  you  spear  ? ' ' 

1 '  None. "    "  There  are  none. "    "  We  speared  ten. ' ' 

"We  will  stay  here  another  night." 

"Yes,  you  get  some  wood.    We  will  try  again." 

' '  Cut  some  fish.    They  will  come  again  soon. ' ' 

"Yes,  we  will  cut  the  fish." 

It  was  evening.  They  speared  many  fish.  When  it  was 
nearly  morning  he  said  to  them,  "Make  up  the  loads  with  withes. 
We  will  go  back  to  the  house.  It  is  a  long  way.  They  carried 
them  to  Yelindiii. 

"Walk  fast,"  he  said.  "Something  may  have  happened  at 
our  home. ' ' 

They  came  home.    No  one  was  in  the  house. 

"When  he  shouted  at  the  elk  they  danced.  I,  alone,  looked 
at  them  when  the  others  ran  off.  Nevertheless  I  am  not  sick. 
There  were  no  fish.  We  stayed  a  second  night  and  then  we  came 
home. ' ' 

"We  will  go  again  sometime.  There  will  probably  be  many 
fish  then.  That  fellow  must  stay  at  home.  He  talks  every  kind 
of  a  way.  Ten  men  will  go.  We  will  stay  three  nights.  Pound 
acorns.  We  will  need  them  to  carry." 

"Yes,  we  will  do  that." 

They  soaked  the  flour  and  made  mush. 

"All  of  you  pound  acorns.  We  are  going  for  some  fish.  I 
will  carry  the  dough.  You  carry  the  basket-pot  to  cook  it  in. 
You,  too,  carry  something.  All  of  us  will  carry  something.  Some 
of  you  carry  dough,  some  of  you  carry  buckeye  mush,  and  some 
of  you  carry  mouldy  acorns. ' ' 

It  rained.    They  did  not  go. 

"When  it  clears  off  we  will  go.  We  will  look.  You  all  stay 
here.  It  has  cleared  off.  Come,  we  will  all  go.  You  carry  the 
spear.  You  carry  a  net.  You  carry  pitchwood. ' ' 


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They  set  out. 

"Walk  fast.    It  is  a  long  way.    We  will  go  fast, "  he  said. 

They  were  close  by  the  fish-weir.    They  came  there. 

*  *  Get  some  wood,  my  children.    I  will  build  a  house.    It  may 
rain,"  he  said. 

Be  made  a  house.    They  got  the  wood. 

*  *  Soon  many  fish  may  come, ' '  he  said.    * '  Get  wood  for  them. ' ' 
Then  it  was  night. 

"Make  a  fire  by  the  weir.  It  is  evening.  Kindle  a  fire 
quickly. ' '  He  put  the  net  in  the  stream. 

* '  Put  the  spear-point  on  the  pole.    The  fish  may  come. ' ' 

Then  the  fish  came. 

"Spear  the  black  salmon." 

He  speared  it. 

"Hold  the  net,"  he  said.  They  didn't  catch  it.  It  swam  in. 
"Catch  it.  I  am  hungry  for  fish.  Cut  it." 

"Yes,  I  will  roast  it,"  said  one  man. 

He  cut  it  there,  and  washed  it. 

"I  will  roast  it."  He  put  it  in  the  fire.  "Cook  soup."  "I 
think  the  fish  is  done. ' ' 

They  cooked  soup. 

' '  Come,  my  children,  we  will  eat.    It  is  cooked. ' ' 

They  ate. 

"Go  and  look.  Fish  may  have  come.  Look  at  the  stick  tied 
to  the  net-string.  I  think  it  is  twitching.  I  have  eaten  enough. ' ' 

' '  I,  too,  have  eaten  enough. ' ' 

"Well,  we  will  look  for  them,"  they  said. 

They  speared  fish.  They  came  that  night.  They  speared  ten. 
It  was  morning. 

' '  We  will  go  home.    There  are  plenty  of  fish. ' ' 

They  carried  them  along. 

"Walk  fast,"  they  said.  "It  is  far  and  the  mountain  is 
large." 

"We  are  near." 

They  all  came  back  to  their  houses. 

"Have  you  already  cooked  mush?"  he  asked. 

' '  No,  we  have  not  cooked  it. ' ' 

"I  will  roast  a  fish." 


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Many  people  at  all  the  houses  roasted  fish. 
'  *  The  mush  is  cooked  now,  come  and  eat. ' ' 
"Are  you  tired?"     "You  have  come  a  long  way.     Go  to 
sleep. ' ' 

' i  I  will  sleep  because  I  have  eaten  very  much  mush. ' ' 
That  is  all. 

XXVII.— COYOTES  SEEN  FISHING.239 

They  were  spearing  fish  in  the  wTinter-time.  They  made  the 
spear  shafts.  They  made  the  prongs  and  fastened  the  spear- 
points  with  pitch.  They  had  a  fire  in  which  they  put  the  stones 
(for  working  the  pitch). 

"Well,  let  us  go." 

"Yes,"  he  said. 

They  crossed  the  river  and  sat  down.  They  saw  a  person 
alone  under  a  tree. 

"Who  is  that?  "he  asked. 

"A  Yuki,  probably." 

"He  is  not  a  Yuki.  Their  spear-shafts  are  white.  These  are 
well  blackened.  Look  at  them." 

Again  one  came  out  of  the  brush. 

"Who  is  it?" 

"I  don't  think  it  is  a  person.    Look  at  him  well." 

Again  one  came  out.    He  brought  out  a  spear. 

' '  I  think  there  will  be  war, ' '  he  said. 

They  saw  they  had  speared  many  fish.  They  were  driving  the 
fish  back  and  spearing  them.  He  speared  one  and  beat  it  on  the 
head.  He  killed  it.  He  took  the  spear-point  out  of  it. 

"It  is  not  a  human  being.    It  seems  like  Coyote." 

Again  two  came  out.  A  third  one  came  out.  They  (the  men) 
ran  away. 

"They  are  Coyotes." 

"You  frightened  us.  We  thought  you  were  people,"  they 
said.  They  were  coyotes. 

' 1 1  want  to  live,  my  uncle,  if  I  did  see  you, ' '  he  said. 

' '  I.  too,  I  do  that.    I  eat  in  the  forest.    I  know  that.    I  walk 


239  Said  to  have  happened  not  long  ago  at  John  Wilson  creek. 


232  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

outside  at  night.  I  will  not  tell  it.  Let  nothing  happen  because 
we  saw  you." 

' '  Nothing  will  happen.  We  will  not  look  toward  the  spearing 
places.  Hide  it  that  he  may  eat  it.  Let  no  one  see  us. ' 7 

"May  I  walk  (live)  for  a  long  time  yet.  May  I  not  be  sick 
because  I  saw  you.  May  it  be  well  with  my  wife.  May  she  not 
be  sick  when  I  come  again  to  my  house.  Soon  you  will  find  a 
little  present  of  cooked  food  somewhere.  We  will  leave  it  on  the 
ground. ' ' 

"You  must  not  tell  it  in  the  village  lest  we  get  sick.  You 
must  not  go  again  to  that  stream  for  fish.  Let  them  spear  over 
there.  Next  time  you  must  leave  many  fish  on  this  side. ' ' 

At  Yellow-pine-hill  stream  they  left  some  food. 

1 '  We  put  down  this  food,  my  uncle,  because  we  found  you. ' ' 

* '  Give  him  food.    Let  him  eat  it  alone. ' ' 

That  is  all. 

XXVIII.— COYOTES  SET  FIRES  FOR  GRASSHOPPERS. 

Many  people  went  north  by  Blue  rock  to  trade.240  They 
traded  basket-hats,  rope,  and  blankets.  They  danced  all  night 
long  until  it  was  fully  day.  The  Wailaki  danced.  The  women 
danced  with  beads.  The  men  danced  with  arrows.  They  danced 
one  night  and  one  day.  Two  people  sang  in  front  of  the  line  so 
many  were  dancing.  They  danced  with  a  head  they  had  taken. 

"Well,  it  is  enough.  I  am  tired.  I  have  finished.  We  will  go 
back." 

"Yes,  we  will  dance  again.  Soon  we  will  have  a  meal  and 
then  we  will  go  home. ' ' 

"All  of  you  bathe  so  we  may  go  home.  It  is  warm.  You 
women  comb  your  hair.  When  it  is  a  little  cooler  you  must  go 
back.  South  from  here  you  must  smoke  yellow- jackets.  You 
must  kill  many  ground-squirrels.  You  men  must  kill  deer.  You 
must  keep  away  from  us.  Keep  good  watch  of  yourselves.  There 
are  manj7"  rattlesnakes.  Do  not  wander  through  the  brush.  The 
grizzlies  are  bad.  Keep  away  so  you  will  not  be  shot  when  they 


240  Such  meetings  for  barter  and  social  intercourse  are  said  to  have 
been  customary  between  adjoining  tribes  in  times  of  peace.  The  func 
tions  of  a  chief  are  well  illustrated. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  233 

shoot  deer.  The  women  must  walk  by  themselves  away  from  us. 
Some  of  the  men  will  go  back  with  you. ' ' 

"We  will  camp  in  a  good  flat  place.  There  will  be  many 
people.  Camp  where  there  is  good  water  and  tarweeds  that  the 
people  may  eat. ' ' 

"You  women  gather  hazelnuts.  You  men  hunt  for  deer. 
Some  of  you  cook.  Let  there  be  plenty  of  food.  We  will  be  back 
when  it  gets  dark.  You  women  must  come  back  while  it  is  still 
fully  light.  You  must  cook  many  kinds  of  food. ' ' 

They  moved  down  this  way  from  the  north.  They  crossed 
Blue  rock  creek.  They  crossed  Ten-mile  creek. 

"Who  has  burned  over  Saisuntcbi?" 

"That  is  so,  we  will  look." 

' '  Yes,  we  will  go  over  there. ' ' 

A  large  fire  was  burning  there  in  the  grass.    They  saw  no  one. 

"We  will  rest.  I  suppose  it  is  some  one.  We  will  look. 
Somebody  is  walking  along  over  there.  He  is  carrying  arrows  in 
his  hand.  It  is  a  stranger.  Come,  we  will  run  away. ' ' 

"No.  It  looks  like  coyote.  He  is  eating  grasshoppers.  It 
does  not  look  like  (a  person) .  It  is  not.  It  looks  like  coyote. ' ' 

' '  Well,  speak  to  him, ' '  he  said. 

"Yes,  I  will  talk  to  him.    We  will  look  at  him." 

' '  Why  have  you  burned  the  ground  ? ' ' 

"He  does  not  speak.  It  is  not  a  person.  There  he  stands. 
They  are  running  off." 

They  found  there  were  five  of  them.  Coyotes  were  picking 
grasshoppers  in  sacks.  They  ran  off.  Their  canes  vanished. 
Just  coyotes  the  five  of  them  went  away. 

That  is  all. 

XXIX.— WATER-PEOPLE  AND  THE  ELK. 

An  elk  was  seen  walking  along  in  this  valley.  They  ran  after 
it.  It  was  tired  and  ran  into  the  water.  It  sank.  There  were 
many  people  there. 

' '  What  shall  we  do  ?    The  elk  has  sunk, ' '  they  said. 

There  was  a  man  staying  there  courting.  He  came  where 
they  were.  He  dived.  When  he  came  up  again  he  tied  many 
pieces  of  rope  together. 


234  University  of  Calif ornia  Publications.    [An.  ARCH.  ETH. 

"If  I  succeed  in  tying  it  to  its  horns,  I  will  pull  it,'7  he  said. 
He  dived  again.  He  found  the  water-people241  had  already  taken 
it.  He  pulled  the  rope  several  times.  They  all  pulled  on  the  rope. 
Finally  he  came  up.  He  walked  out  from  the  creek. 

They  cut  the  elk  up  and  carried  it  to  the  houses. 

"I  shall  not  live,"  said  the  man,  "because  I  swam  to  the 
water-people. ' ' 

They  took  him  into  the  house.  He  was  sick.  When  it  was 
getting  dark  he  was  out  of  his  head.  He  died  when  night  came. 
The  next  morning  they  burned  him. 

That  is  all. 

XXX.— RATTLESNAKE  HUSBANDS 

An  adolescent  girl  was  lying  alone.  A  rattlesnake  came  and 
lay  with  her. 

"Who  lay  down?"  she  thought. 

He  tickled  her.  The  rattlesnake  got  up  and  took  a  drink  of 
water. 

"I  will  bring  some  water,"  he  said. 

"Who  are  you?"  asked  the  girl. 

"I  am  rattlesnake,"  he  said.  "I  lie  with  you  at  night.  Did 
you  not  know  it  ?  You  are  my  wife.  No  one  must  see  me.  You 
must  not  tell  about  me.  If  you  do,  you  will  die. ' ' 

Some  one  had  hung  up  beads  woven  together  they  saw.  When 
it  was  night  some  one  had  lain  with  the  girl.  In  the  night  she 
had  talked.  In  the  morning  he  had  gone  away  again.  He  came 
back.  The  water  basket  was  there.  He  had  brought  water  for 
his  wife.  He  went  away  and  came  again  in  the  evening. 

When  all  the  people  were  asleep,  he  lay  down  with  the  woman. 

*  *  Why  were  you  talking,  my  girl  ? ' ' 

"I  am  rattlesnake.  I  talk  human  language.  You  are  my 
wife.  Do  not  let  me  be  killed.  You  will  die  if  you  tell  about 


241  The  Wailaki  of  main  Eel  river  are  very  definite  in  their  accounts 
of  these  people  who  live  underground  and  reach  the  upper-world  only  by 
means  of  the  water. 

242  Animals  and  monsters  are  thought  likely  to  form  attachments  for 
adolescent   girls.     Marriages   between   human   beings   and   rattlesnakes  are 
not  unusual  incidents.     The  snakes  of  course  are  usually  in  their  human 
form. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  235 

Beads  were  hanging  there.  Beads  woven  together  were  hang 
ing  there.  There  were  "gold  beads,"  red  beads,  and  small  ones. 
One  of  the  family  came  home  and  saw  the  beads. 

"Who  hung  up  the  beads?"  he  asked. 

A  hair-net  and  garters  were  hanging  there  besides  arrows  and 
a  quiver,  a  basket-hat,  and  a  headdress.  A  blue  knife  was  in  a 
sack.  Fire  sticks  were  lying  there. 

When  it  was  night  he  lay  down  with  the  woman. 

"Do  not  let  me  be  killed,"  he  said. 

"My  daughter,  do  not  get  up.  A  rattlesnake  has  lain  down 
with  you." 

"It  is  not  a  rattlesnake.  It  is  a  person.  Do  not  kill  it.  'You 
will  die,'  he  told  me.  If  you  kill  the  rattlesnake,  I  shall  die.  I 
am  dying  now,"  she  said. 

He  beat  the  rattlesnake  and  killed  it.  He  took  it  up  with  a 
stick  and  threw  it  away.  The  woman  died. 

"It  is  writhing,  hit  it  again. ' ' 

"  'Do  not  kill  it,'  I  told  you,"  she  said. 

That  is  all. 

XXXI.— WATER-PAN  THEE. 

Two  Indians  were  hunting  with  deer-heads.  They  saw  a 
panther.  He  was  very  big.  He  had  a  deer  on  his  shoulders  that 
reached  to  the  tip  of  his  tail.  It  was  a  big  panther  that  lives  in 
the  ocean.  He  went  into  the  rock.243  The  ground  jarred  with 
the  shock.  They  listened  over  the  hole. 

"You  shoot,"  they  told  each  other. 

They  were  afraid. 

"Let  it  go,"  they  said. 

That  is  all. 

XXXII.— MILK-SNAKE  AMONG  THE  EELS. 

They  were  cutting  brush.  Ten  men  cut  wood.  They  had  a 
fire.  When  it  wras  evening  two  eels  swam  there.  One  eel  by 
itself  was  swimming.  Three  were  swimming.  Five  were  swim 
ming.  Ten  were  swimming.  One  swam  by  itself.  There  were 


243  A  huge,  split  rock  on  Redemeyer's  ranch.  There  are  supposed  to  be 
underground  means  of  communication  between  certain  ponds  and  the  ocean 
which  these  mythical  animals  use. 


236  University  of  California  Publications.    [ AM.  ARCH.  ETH. 

none.  One  swam  by  itself  for  a  long  time.  Two  swam  there. 
Ten  swam  there.  Twenty  swam  there.  When  a  milk-snake  swam 
there  the  people  ran  off.  Two  persons  were  standing  in  the  water. 
The  milk-snake  swam  there.  They  left. 

' '  Go  home, ' '  they  said. 

Before  it  was  morning  the  people  quit  fishing  because  they 
were  afraid. 

That  is  all. 

XXXIII.— STEALING  OF  THE  BABY.244 

Ten  women  were  soaking  buckeye  flour  at  the  creek.  A  man 
was  tending  the  baby  in  the  house.  The  baby  cried.  Some  one 
came  in  keeping  her  face  turned  away  and  said,  * '  Here,  give  the 
baby  to  me. "  "  Take  it, ' '  he  said,  and  put  it  in  her  arms. 

It  was  quite  dark  when  the  woman  came  home.  "  Where  is 
the  baby  ?  Asleep  ? ' '  she  asked. 

1  i  I  gave  it  to  you  long  ago. ' ' 

' '  You  did  not  give  it  to  me, ' '  she  said. 

They  looked  for  it  a  long  time,  but  did  not  find  it.  They 
heard  the  baby  crying  toward  the  west  in  the  darkness.  An  owl 
kept  hooting.  They  followed  it  far  into  the  dark  night  toward 
the  west.  They  finally  gave  it  up. 

That  is  all. 

XXXIV.— THE  MAN  EATER. 

They  were  setting  snares  for  deer.  All  the  people  had  gone 
after  deer.  He  was  walking  alone.  Some  one  was  carrying  a 
burden-basket.  She  was  walking  along  with  a  cane.  She  was 
carrying  a  soft  burden-basket. 

"My  deer/'  she  said.  She  caught  him  and  put  him  in  the 
basket.  She  carried  him  off.  When  she  had  to  carry  the  basket 
under  the  branches  of  trees  she  whipped  over  her  shoulder  with 
her  cane.  She  went  east  up  the  hill.  When  she  went  under  a 
tree,  he  caught  it  and  climbed  up  on  it.  She  went  on  just  the 
same,  whipping  with  her  cane.  She  found  out  what  had  hap 
pened.  She  ran  back  down  the  hill. 


244  The  being  who  appeared  as  a  woman  and  asked  for  the  baby  is  said 
to  be  the  sort  described  in  the  next  story. 


VOL.  5]  Goddard.—Kato  Texts.  237 

"Where  is  my  deer?"  she  said. 

The  man  climbed  the  tree.  She  kicked  against  a  rotten  log 
thinking  he  might  be  under  it.  The  sun  came  up.  She  covered 
her  face  with  her  blanket  because  she  was  ashamed  and  ran  up 
here  east. 

That  is  aU. 

XXXV.— DESCEIPTION  OF  THE  MAN  EATEE. 

She  brings  her  game  to  her  home  and  eats  it  alive.  She  eats 
both  its  hands  and  then  both  feet.  She  digs  out  both  its  eyes. 
She  eats  its  small  intestines,  its  liver,  and  its  heart.  She  eats  its 
liver  and  head.  She  builds  a  fire  on  a  flat  rock.  She  throws 
down  the  carcass  after  she  has  disemboweled  it.  She  covers  it 
up  on  the  flat  rock  until  it  is  cooked.  She  uncovers  it.  She  puts 
it  up  on  a  drying  frame.  There  is  much  fat.  When  it  is  dry 
she  puts  it  in  burden-baskets.  She  piles  it  up.  She  puts  it  away. 

That  is  why  she  always  hunts  for  us.  It  is  because  we  are 
fat.  Her  foot  is  like  a  grizzly 's.  Her  hand  is  human.  Her  teeth 
are  like  a  dog's.  Her  head  is  like  a  man's.  She  carries  arrow 
heads  in  her  blanket  folds.  Her  eyes  gleam.  Her  hair  is  long. 
Her  ears  are  like  a  dog's. 

XXXVI.— A  PEAYEE  FOE  EELS. 

"May  I  eat  the  eels  that  swim  up  the  stream  with  good  for 
tune.  May  I  eat  the  fish  with  good  fortune.  May  the  boys  and 
girls  eat  them  with  good  fortune. 

"Deer,  may  I  swallow  you  with  good  luck.  You  are  mine. 
My  food  is  sweet.  Do  not  let  it  die.  Let  it  be  good, ' '  he  said. 

XXXVII.— A  SUPEENATUEAL  EXPEEIENCE.245 

We  were  killing  lizards.  I  was  carrying  the  sack.  We  had 
many  of  them.  The  sack  was  full.  He  killed  a  small  one.  Its 
mother  ran  off  and  lay  near  by. 

"Where  is  the  big  one  lying?"  he  asked  me. 


245  This  interesting  account  was  first  told  in  English  and  several  days 
later  in  Kato.  There  appeared  to  be  no  insincerity  on  the  part  of  the 
narrator.  The  belief  in  a  soul  capable  of  separation  from  the  body  and 
in  shamans  capable  of  calling  it  back  is  definite  and  firmly  fixed. 


238  University  of  California  Publication.    [An. ARCH.  ETH. 

"There  it  is,"  I  said. 

He  was  about  to  shoot  it. 

"Do  not  kill  me.  Already  you  have  killed  my  little  one.  I 
would  live, ' '  she  said. 

Fire  burst  out  of  its  mouth.  I  dropped  the  load  in  the  sack 
and  ran  up  the  hill.  I  was  sick.  They  doctored  me.  I  didn't 
know  anything  because  I  had  died.  I  heard  my  mother  when  she 
cried  and  said,  "My  little  boy."  It  was  very  dark.  My  father 
and  mother  were  standing  over  there.  I  was  standing  at  the  base 
of  the  rock  behind  a  bush. 

From  the  north  something  flew  there.    It  spit  over  me. 

' '  Your  feathers  will  grow.  You  will  fly  up  in  the  sky.  There 
are  flowers  there.  It  is  a  good  place.  There  is  sunshine.  It  is 
a  good  land." 

Again,  a  large  one  flew  there. 

"Have  you  fixed  him  already?"  he  asked. 

"Yes,  I  fixed  him  some  time  ago.  Why  have  not  the  feathers 
come  out?" 

"Listen,  two  are  doctoring  him.  Well,  we  must  leave  him. 
Make  him  fly  up  now." 

I  fell  back  because  I  did  not  know  how  (to  fly).  I  did  not 
go  anywhere.  I  was  senseless  right  there. 

That  is  all. 


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C  '(8T?  *dd)  i  saraniOA    'OS'8$  aranioi  jod  a^iij    'Jo^tpa  'ipiP^S  'V  'M—  ' 


•ssaiSoid  m  xi  P«^  IIA 

x  P^«  'inA  'A'l  sauinioA—  '^lo^Aiasqo  ^oji  aq^  jo 
*WI  'A^o^Ajasqo  3[OT7)     'JO^tpa  'liaqdra-BQ  "M  *M—  ' 


'V  'S  Tl 

>xa  aqi,  o^  passaipp-e  aq  pinoqs  eSn^qoxa  m  ^uas  jawera  nv     'V  'S  'II 
caa  'ssaij;  ^isiaAinn  aq^  jo  jaS«u'Bi\L  aq*  ssaipp-e  'noi^rajojut  aau^o  10 
:i  'saidoo  aidra^s  aoj    -^sanbai  nodn  *n:s  aq  HIAV  A^isjaAiun  aq*  jo  snot^onqnd  aq* 
s*sn  a^aidraoo    'sap'Biqii  PUB  sai^isiaAran  'sujj*nai*sin  pire  sai^aioos  pau..«ai  jo 
aq*  joj  aSnuqoxa  in  paiago  aiB  suoT*«onqnd:  •eiiuojii^o  jo  ^*isiaArajl  aqi—  ' 


(a3nN!j.Noo)-sNoixvonand  VINUOJHVO  do  Aiisd3AiNn 


